onside
adverb or adjective
on·side
ˈȯn-ˈsīd 
ˈän-
: not offside : in a position legally to play or receive the ball or puck
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In a sign of the two leaders’ intimacy—and the importance, for Netanyahu, of keeping Trump onside—the Israeli prime minister rushed to Washington on Sunday to see Trump for the second time in three months.
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Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2025
The situation is now so delicate and tenuous that any manager with an interest in self-preservation would surely be trying to keep the fans onside.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
But as well as the players, Cooper never had the fans onside.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The second saw Diogo Dalot inadvertently play a collection of Brighton forwards onside before failing to block Minteh’s cross into the penalty area.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
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Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2025
The situation is now so delicate and tenuous that any manager with an interest in self-preservation would surely be trying to keep the fans onside.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
But as well as the players, Cooper never had the fans onside.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The second saw Diogo Dalot inadvertently play a collection of Brighton forwards onside before failing to block Minteh’s cross into the penalty area.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Onside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onside. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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