side with

verb

sided with; siding with; sides with

: to agree with or support the opinions or actions of (someone)

She sided with her friend in the argument.

They betrayed their country and sided with the enemy.

Examples of side with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the other hand, rural communities and many wealthy suburbs sided with the current foundation. — Payton May, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

By Wednesday, with most results in, voters had sided with it just once. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

The justices have sided with religious schools in similar disputes before, ruling in recent years that they can’t be excluded from programs in Maine and Montana that provide public aid to private schools. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Shortly after the indictment, at a riverside restaurant near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, both Republicans and Democrats sided with Comey and the first amendment. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026