on the side

Meaning

1. Oxford25% of films

   in addition to your main job

   Look, Leonard, Jimmy's your guy. I just figured we'd make a few dollars on the side.

2. Oxford10% of films

   secretly or illegally

3. Editorial5% of films

   remaining uninvolved or not joining in, as if standing aside

4. Oxford5% of films

   served at the same time as the main part of the meal, but on a separate plate

In the movies · 55

• Look, Leonard, Jimmy's your guy. I just figured we'd make a few dollars on the side.Memento2000
• How much extra money do you make? How much -- How much money do you make on the side?Paris, Texas1984
• He's been consulting a little on the side.Bad Education2019
• My initials are on the side.Shutter Island2010
• That's what I'm on the side of.What Is a Woman?2022
• It's inscribed to you on the side.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• Got the eye right there on the side.The Watch2012
• It's on the side of the road.Fight Club1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift
• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton
• Fight Club1999
  • Tyler Holds a Gun on Jack
  • Narrator Cries at Support Groups
  • Narrator and Marla Expose Each Other

From the same entry

• come down on one side of the fence or the other
• from side to side
• get on the right side of
• have on your side
• let the side down
• not leave side
• on all sides
• on the big, small, high, side
• on the other side of the fence
• on the right side of 40, 50
• on one side
• be on side

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• in your heart
• of all people
• have your cake and eat it
• that will do
• with your tail between your legs
• i promise you
• beat hell out of
• take it
• go from bad to worse
• go the extra mile
• in effect
• it's not rocket science