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. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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