take sides
idiom
: to agree with or support one person, group, or cause and not another
She refuses to take sides on the issue.
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When family issues arise, people usually take sides.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 8 June 2025
Their daughters live a life other teenagers can only dream of – that is, until they are implicated in a shocking scandal at their private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
But Pulse is so unwilling to take sides, keen to instead observe that people are complex and capable of flaws.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, factions had quietly formed within the organization, with the coaching staff and front office feeling obligated to take sides.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 8 June 2025
Their daughters live a life other teenagers can only dream of – that is, until they are implicated in a shocking scandal at their private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
But Pulse is so unwilling to take sides, keen to instead observe that people are complex and capable of flaws.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, factions had quietly formed within the organization, with the coaching staff and front office feeling obligated to take sides.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for take sides
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“Take sides.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20sides. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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