to one side
idiom
1
: in a direction that is away from or beyond the center of something
The dog tilted its head to one side.
2
: to a place that is on one side : aside
He put his luggage to one side.
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There's no way to eat to one side or to rest your energy to one side.
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Nigel Smith, People.com, 6 July 2025
The Trump administration assured Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) his support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation would mean no attacks on vaccine confidence, yet recent actions suggest those promises meant more to one side than the other.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 13 June 2025
Finding a puddle, the hare had a good drink, looked all around with moist, conscious eyes, lay down in a little pit to one side, curled up into the warmth of his own body and dozed off.
—Robert Chandler, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2025
For charcoal grills, get the coals going nice and hot, then scoot them to one side or around the perimeter.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
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Nigel Smith, People.com, 6 July 2025
The Trump administration assured Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) his support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation would mean no attacks on vaccine confidence, yet recent actions suggest those promises meant more to one side than the other.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 13 June 2025
Finding a puddle, the hare had a good drink, looked all around with moist, conscious eyes, lay down in a little pit to one side, curled up into the warmth of his own body and dozed off.
—Robert Chandler, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2025
For charcoal grills, get the coals going nice and hot, then scoot them to one side or around the perimeter.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for to one side
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“To one side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20one%20side. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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