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a•long•side
Pronunciation: (u-lông'sīd', u-long'-), [key]—
adv.
along, by, at, or to the side of something:
We brought the boat alongside.
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prep.
1. beside; by the side of:
The dog ran alongside me all the way.
2. alongside of, compared with:
Alongside of his brother, he is no student at all. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.