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side with

Idioms  
  1. Support or favor, as in The Armenians traditionally side with the Greeks against the Turks. This idiom was first recorded in 1600. For the antonym, see side against.


Example Sentences

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By placing them side by side with his preparatory drawings, visitors can better understand Raphael's creative process.

From Barron's

That last one was in black and white and a little blurry, but it showed her sitting in a low chair, hands on her belly, cracking up as he sat low by her side with a big smile on his face.

From Los Angeles Times

Judge Hellerstein appeared to side with Maduro lawyer Barry Pollock's argument that the unusual case against the former leader, taking place in another country, would be overwhelming for a public defender to take on and would hamper the counsel they provide.

From BBC

And, as much as I hate to unwittingly side with network executives, a new iteration that featured Gellar as anything other than its shining star wouldn’t have the dynamism of the original series.

From Salon

Working side by side with National Weather Service officials, an emergency management staffer around 4:30 p.m. had called for a cellphone blast across the Interstate 210 corridor — a stretch of foothill communities that includes Sylmar, Altadena and Sierra Madre — to warn people that they needed to prepare for dangerous winds.

From Los Angeles Times