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sideswipe
noun 2verb 1
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3ADJ.
wry
VERB + SIDESWIPE
give, receive
SIDESWIPE + NOUN
celebration
Definitions
noun
1
A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously.
2
A catty or sarcastic remark.
Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene;[…]
give a sideswipe
verb
1
To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning.
As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb.
In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”
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Calvin Harris's number-ten hit Acceptable in the 80s is both a wry sideswipe and a celebration of the scene;[…]
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give a sideswipe
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receive a sideswipe
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As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb.
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In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”
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