take someone's side

1. 1.

   support someone (as in an argument)

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

   Synonymstake sides with

   Broaderdefend

Questions about take someone's side

What does take someone's side mean?

take someone's side means "support someone (as in an argument)".

What is another word for take someone's side?

Close synonyms include take sides with. 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 someone's side a common word?

take someone's side 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.