take sides

1. Also, take someone's side. Support or favor one party in a dispute, as in Parents shouldn't take sides in their children's quarrels, or Thanks for taking my side concerning the agenda. [c. 1700] Also see take someone's part.

Example Sentences

The concept, he explained, was first framed by Arthur O. Lovejoy in 1915, as a “principle aimed at curtailing the readiness of academic administrations to take sides in disputes in which some of their faculty members were on the other side” and was “intended to protect academic freedom.”

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Does the Constitution really take sides in this battle, blessing states that discriminate against transgender youth while condemning those that protect them?

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Schickler said the Institute of Governmental Studies, while contained within a UC campus, does not take sides in the current political conflict over colleges and universities.

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For decades British governments have refused to take sides over who should control Western Sahara, which is considered a "non-self-governing territory" by the UN.

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The case divided the hip-hop world, with rappers - including 50 Cent and Iggy Azalea - appearing to take sides in the conflict and some asking the court for leniency at Lanez's sentencing.

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