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单词 footsides
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footsidesadv.

Brit. /ˈfʊtsʌɪdz/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌsaɪdz/, Scottish English /ˈfutsʌidz/
Forms: pre-1700 1700s 1900s– fitsides Scottish English /ˈfɪtsʌidz/, 1900s– footsides.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., side n.1, -s suffix1.
Etymology: < foot n. + side n.1 + -s suffix1. Compare earlier foot-side adv. and later upsides adv.
Scottish. Now rare.
Even, equal, or quits with a person or thing. Only in to be (or keep) footsides with. Cf. foot-side adv.
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?1697 S. Fraser Let. 8 Oct. in Scots Mag. Mar. (1819) 240/2 I was so incens'd against Saltoun and his calumnies..yt I was resolved to dye or be fitsides wt him.
1753 Scots Mag. July 338/2 He said twenty times over he would be fit-sides with Glenure, where-ever he met him.
1929 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 65/1 The years..had brought changes enough to Maisie. Maisie had known how to keep footsides with life.
1960 Times 27 Jan. 11/4 The Sinclairs..will wish in the old phrase to be ‘fitsides’ with their ancient rivals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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