choose sides

Verb

choose sides (third-person singular simple present chooses sides, present participle choosing sides, simple past chose sides, past participle chosen sides)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, sides.
   • The neighbors chose sides on the zoning change.
2. To divide a group into teams for a game or sport.
   • Maxine and Roseanne chose sides, with Maxine, the weaker of the two, getting first choice.