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[side of the tracks]

See: [THE TRACKS].

[side street]  {n.}

A street that runs into and ends at a main street.

The store is on a side street just off Main Street.

The Spellmans bought a house on a side street that runs off Broad Street.

Compare: [BACK STREET], [CROSS STREET].

[side with]  {v.}

To agree with; help.

Alan always sides with Johnny in an argument.

Gerald sided with the plan to move the club.

Contrast: [SIDE AGAINST].

[sight]

See:

[AT FIRST GLANCE] or [AT FIRST SIGHT],

[AT SIGHT] or [ON SIGHT],

[CATCH SIGHT OF],

[HEAVE IN SIGHT],

[LOSE SIGHT OF],

[ON SIGHT],

[SET ONE'S SIGHTS].

[sight for sore eyes]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

A welcome sight.

After our long, dusty hike, the pond was a sight for sore eyes.

[sight-read]  {v.}

To be able to play music without memorization by reading the sheet music and immediately playing it.

[sight unseen]  {adv. phr.}

Before seeing it; before seeing her, him, or them.

[sign]

See:

[HIGH SIGN],

[INDIAN SIGN],

[ROAD SIGN].

[sign in]  {v.}

To write your name on a special list or in a record book to show that you are present.

Every worker must sign in when coming back to work.

Teachers go to the office and sign in each morning before going to their classrooms.

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[sign off]  {v.}

1. To end a program on radio or television.

That TV newscaster always signs off by saluting.

2. To stop broadcasting for the day.