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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These events forced people to take sides, changed lives, and ignited sparks that affected the Civil Rights Movement for years. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 Harris hates Jews and Arabs, which, one supposes, is a way not to take sides in their eons-long conflict — though that was not the point Trump was trying to make. —

Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 In April 2022, days after Elon Musk offered to buy the app then known as Twitter, the tech billionaire pledged that under his stewardship the platform would not take sides in politics. —

David Ingram, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 The judge in the case has so far declined to take sides in the conflict. —

Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take sides