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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But refusing to take sides can also be a way to miss the story.
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
For one, the region could simply refuse to take sides in the Ethiopian-Eritrean standoff.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
When family issues arise, people usually take sides.
—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
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Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
For one, the region could simply refuse to take sides in the Ethiopian-Eritrean standoff.
—Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2025
When family issues arise, people usually take sides.
—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
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 19 Sep. 2025.
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