choose/pick sides

:  to select freely and after consideration

:  to decide on especially by vote :  elect

:  to have a preference for

:  to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a pointed instrument

:  to remove bit by bit

:  to remove covering or adhering matter from

:  a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument

:  the act or privilege of choosing or selecting :  choice

:  the best or choicest one

:  a heavy wooden-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends — compare mattock

:  toothpick

:  picklock

:  to throw or thrust with effort :  hurl

:  to throw (a shuttle) across the loom

:  the act of pitching or throwing

:  something thrown

:  a throw of the shuttle

:  the right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body

:  one of the halves of the animal body on either side of the median plane

:  one longitudinal half of a hide

:  situated on the side

:  of or relating to the side

:  directed toward or from the side

:  to agree with :  support

:  to be side by side with

:  to set or put aside :  clear away

:  swaggering or arrogant manner :  pretentiousness