take sides with

1. 1.

   support someone (as in an argument)

   “she always takes his side, no matter how sound his argument”

   Synonymstake someone's side

   Broaderdefend

Questions about take sides with

What does take sides with mean?

take sides with means "support someone (as in an argument)".

What is another word for take sides with?

Close synonyms include take someone's side. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take sides with a common word?

take sides with is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.