on-side

A form of onside — Not in an offside position; in the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.

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Meanings

adjectiveon-side (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of onside.

    We turn on-side shortly, do we not? And the road descends?

    2009, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Borne in Blood: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, →ISBN
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    They'd be screaming for offside and she'd say calmly, 'He couldn't have been. The number six put him on-side.'

    2012, Tony Bradman, Football Fever 3, →ISBN

    'The Chairy', Wallace Mercer, desperate to keep the fans on-side, signed Dundee United's Iain Ferguson.

    2013, Alan Rae, Hands on Hearts: A Physio's Tale, →ISBN, page 59

    'Tell me,' she went on tiredly trying another tack. 'Did you hit her with the on-side or off-side wing?'

    2014 -, Stan Mason, Revengement, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

on-side. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-side

MLA

“on-side.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-side. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on-side,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-side.

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