on the side

Definitions

1. 1

   Separate from the main course of a meal.

   • Shish kebab is skewered lamb with rice on the side.
   • Stir sage and the remaining unsalted butter into the sauce and serve it in a bowl on the side.
2. 2

   Supplementary or in addition to one's usual job or income.

   • You don't want to jeopardize your primary source of income or any savings you've socked away in your effort to boost your earnings on the side.
   • Borg has graying black hair and is trimly built, fit from a lifetime of hard work maintaining gas pipelines while trapping on the side.
3. 3

   Additional, surreptitious

   Additional, surreptitious; often with a connotation of dishonesty, illegality or adultery.

   • I shouted to make sure she knew that I wasn't just some ho on the side. If anyone was on the side, it was her.

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