on the side

on the side
on the side
1. Lit. extra, such as with a job or an additional order of food. •

I would like an order of eggs with toast on the side, please.

She is a bank teller and works as a waitress on the side.

2. Fig. in addition to one's spouse. •

He is married, but also has a woman on the side.

She has boyfriends on the side, but her husband knows about them.

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{adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. In addition to a main thing, amount or quantity; extra. * /He ordered a hamburger with onions and French fries on the side./ * /His job at the hospital did not pay much, so he found another on the side./ * /The cowboys in the rodeo competed for prize money and also made bets on the side./ 2. or [on the --- side] Tending toward; rather. * /Grandmother thought Jane's new skirt was on the short side./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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