on-side

Adjective

onside (not comparable)

1. Not in an offside position; in the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
   • The goal was allowed because the attacker was onside.
2. (broadly, slang) Within bounds.
   • [Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit.2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician)
3. On the side of a vehicle from which the driver, paddler, etc. propels it.
   • The toll plaza will consist of an administration building and 16 onside modern barrier-type toll boths, with provision for four additional toll booths should future traffic demand require them.1957, California Highways and Public Works - Volume 36, page 45
4. Favourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
   • With A-Q-10 opposite x-x-x, you have a 24% chance of three tricks, both missing honors being onside. You have a 52% chance of two tricks, with one honor onside and the other offside. FInally, you have a 24% chance of making only one trick, when both the king and the jack are offside.2000, David Bird, Marc Smith, Planning the Play in Notrump, →ISBN, page 25
5. In agreement or support; on board.
   • There was a very delicate balancing act the whole time about measures that would keep the Unionists onside without upsetting the Nationalist-Republican community too much.2012, T. James, Elite Statecraft and Election Administration, →ISBN

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