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Discover Ludwig'a sideways move' is a correct and usable phrase in spoken and written English.
It is used to describe a situation in which a person or organization changes direction or focus, but not entirely. For example: "The company made a sideways move by switching to a different niche market."
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This can be seen as a promotion rather than a sideways move as the post once had cabinet status.
The change in role could be interpreted as a sideways move or slight demotion for the former banker.
The 64-year-old's insistence that passing into submission is the way forward has proved only a sideways move.
For example, would you want to move into management or take a sideways move into a different function?
Flashier and glossier, "The Brothers Bloom" is a sideways move into a related genre: the more vacuous realm of the "Ocean's Eleven" movies and their ilk.
A sideways move into more formal documentaries was called for, but, as he tells it, he always had the itch to move into drama.
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In front of the entire length of this dynamic plate a sideways moving slide was fixed on the base plate.
He said to stay low when you move, to use your thighs for power and to remember that skating is a sideways motion -- your legs move out to the side -- not a forward motion like running.
It was a curiously sideways move for an executive who looked cut out for the top job.
The menu divides between small plates, toasties, salads and "hot bowls" with a disastrous sideways move into macaroni cheese.
If you'll allow a quick sideways move, we can also profitably apply his thesis to the book.
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