go on record

Idioms  

1. Embrace a position publicly. For example, I want to go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection. It is also put as for the record, as in For the record, we support sending troops there. The record in both signifies either publication or public knowledge. Both expressions date from the first half of the 1900s, although slightly different phrases, such as put on record, are older. Also see just for the record; off the record.

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Example Sentences

To go on record and say yes, people would come after me.

From The Wall Street Journal

Democrats, he added, “should give him a vote. Why can’t we go on record about this matter?”

From New York Times

Witty agreed to go on record to help others avoid being scammed.

From Washington Post

However, the vote will force Democrats to go on record about the ESG policy as Republican state officials across the country wage a multi-billion-dollar campaign against the climate-friendly investment practice they say is part of a broader “woke capitalism” trend.

From Washington Times

In a Sunday interview on Fox News, Scalise said the House plans to piece together “a package of bills to secure the border” to eventually send to the Senate, adding on Twitter that it would force the upper chamber “to go on record and say if they are for open borders or for ending the flow of deadly drugs and illegal immigration.”

From Washington Post