take sides

idiom

: to agree with or support one person, group, or cause and not another

She refuses to take sides on the issue.

Examples of take sides in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cruz is just one of 26 Texas Republicans on Capitol Hill who will be asked to take sides in one of the most divisive primaries of the 2026 cycle. —David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2025

Beyond that, Zelensky is a close friend of Saakashvili, the former President of Georgia (now a political prisoner at home), who advised Zelensky never to take sides in US politics. —Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

The safe haven is a place where bad things never happen until their kids are implicated in a shocking scandal at their exclusive private school and Juliet and Lorna are forced to take sides. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025

After Dorit made a comment about Sutton Stracke's drinking during her Fourth of July party, the group began to take sides. —Liza Esquibias, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025

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