sideswiped
past simple and past participle ofsideswipe
sideswipe
verb[T]
uk/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/us/ˈsaɪd.swaɪp/tohiton theside:
Themotorcycleturnedthecornertooquickly, and sideswiped acarcoming towards it.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- anti-collision
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- roadkill
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- sideswipe
- smash
- stack
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
Examplesofsideswiped
sideswiped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Awkward questions about the practical implications of their policy decisions are oftensideswipedto agency heads.
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They received the combativity award after stage 9 for finishing the stage despite beingsideswipedby a television car.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He had been trying to flee a number of motorcyclists who were chasing both boys after their vehicle hadsideswipeda car earlier that night.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The trucksideswipeda string of mailboxes, flew 45 feet over an embankment, and came to rest against a utility pole in a ditch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itsideswipedthe car of a couple who had been married only an hour before, and overturned.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He then skillfullysideswipeda large truck, overturned it, and wheeling his lumbering vehicle, returned to his company.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Itsideswipedan oncoming passenger train, but continued across the bridge, prevented from plunging through the trestles into the river by guide rails that parallel the main tracks.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment