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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This column will not take sides on what actually happened - the video footage is out there.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
It’s gotten ugly as people have been urged to take sides.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
In a multipolar world, where countries and companies have to ‘take sides’, where America will arguably become more transactional and less relationship driven in its foreign policy and, where democracy is being eroded from within and afar, moral courage will be at a premium.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
But here, there was no reason for your friend to take sides in a squabble that did not concern him.
—Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
It’s gotten ugly as people have been urged to take sides.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
In a multipolar world, where countries and companies have to ‘take sides’, where America will arguably become more transactional and less relationship driven in its foreign policy and, where democracy is being eroded from within and afar, moral courage will be at a premium.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
But here, there was no reason for your friend to take sides in a squabble that did not concern him.
—Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Take sides.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20sides. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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