verb · irregular · intransitive · common

take sides

take sides · takes sides · took sides · taken sides · taking sides

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To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or groupTo ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic)To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
I am not going to argue with you, and I am not going to take sides in this discussion.
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Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

to join in a confrontation:

Forms

takes sides, taking sides, took sides, taken sides

Base form	take sides · to take sides
3rd person singular	takes sides
Present participle	taking sides
Past simple	took sides
Past participle	taken sides

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	take sides
he, she, it	takes sides

Past simpleLesson

all persons

took sides

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have taken sides
he, she, it	has taken sides

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will take sides

Synonyms

2 synonyms

pick sides choose sides

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle