side with

Verb

Meaning

side with (third-person singular simple present sides with, present participle siding with, simple past and past participle sided with)

(transitive) To choose to take the same point of view as (someone).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

range prefer ally accompany uphold espouse sympathize befriend favour stand-by back up buy into stick by take part get behind
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Examples

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. Paulo Freire

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. Christopher Lasch

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends. Fay Weldon

Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side. Ian Paisley

No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of evil customs. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Those who are really convinced that they have made progress in science would not demand freedom for the new views to continue side by side with the old, but the substitution of the new views for the old. Vladimir Lenin

Close letter words and terms

side walk side wall side wheeler side with someone side work Side X