"out of the side of one's mouth" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Compare out of both sides of one's mouth. Etymology templates: {{m|en|out of both sides of one's mouth}} out of both sides of one's mouth Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} out of the side of one's mouth
  1. (figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-out_of_the_side_of_one's_mouth-en-prep_phrase-zcNsxFA4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

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