choose sides
idiom
: to divide a group into two teams that will play against each other
When we chose sides in gym class, I was always the last person to be picked to be on a team.
—often used figurativelyThey are forcing us to choose sides in the dispute.
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As expected, both the original Uli and Hina tribes went after each other while the two remaining Kele members, Alex Moore and Sophi Balerdi, were forced to choose sides.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Both the original Uli and Hina tribes went after each other while the two remaining Kele members, Alex Moore and Sophi Balerdi, were forced to choose sides.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
This would mean those still trading with Russia would face the tariff, forcing them to choose sides.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
That's likely Baby Joey, Metamorpho’s weird little son, who gets snatched and possibly held for ransom, which could force Metamorpho to choose sides between helping Lex Luthor or Superman.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 July 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Both the original Uli and Hina tribes went after each other while the two remaining Kele members, Alex Moore and Sophi Balerdi, were forced to choose sides.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
This would mean those still trading with Russia would face the tariff, forcing them to choose sides.
—Shane Croucher
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
That's likely Baby Joey, Metamorpho’s weird little son, who gets snatched and possibly held for ransom, which could force Metamorpho to choose sides between helping Lex Luthor or Superman.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for choose sides
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“Choose sides.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choose%20sides. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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