Il est passé de l'autre bord.

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#1
English Translation

He went over to the other side.

bord
(xiie) CONTOUR, BORDURE, LIMITE
2 (Canada) Côté (sens large). Faire un tour de l’autre bord de la frontière.
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This is the entire note 2 in this section of Le Petit Robert. I take it to mean that this would be mainly Canadian usage?

#2

Hi @corgwin24,

I’m not sure what is meant here. Could be meant literally (on the other side) or figuratively (maybe betrayal, he went to the dark side kinda thing)…

Hard to say without context.

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