Side by side means next to each other in a line. Shoulder to shoulder, facing the same way.
It describes people walking, objects arranged and things being compared, so a side-by-side comparison places two versions next to each other, and the hyphenated form goes before a noun. There is a strong sense of companionship in it when applied to people, since working side by side implies more than merely working near somebody. Alongside does the same job in one word.
1phraseside by sidePositioned next to one another.
“The two photographs hang side by side.”
side-by-side comes from side + by + side.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Man Called Ove, Directions & Position
First appears in chapter 14 of A Man Called Ove.
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