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picking sides

picking sides is the present participle and gerund of pick sides.

Meaning of pick sides

Verb

pick sides (third-person singular simple present picks sides, present participle picking sides, simple past and past participle picked sides)

  1. To take sides; to favour one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
    • I refuse to argue with you, and I am not going to pick sides in this discussion.

Questions about picking sides

What is picking sides the present participle and gerund of?
Picking sides is the present participle and gerund of pick sides.

Words near picking sides in the dictionary

  1. picking over
  2. picking quarrels
  3. picking quarrels and making trouble
  4. picking quarrels and provoking trouble
  5. picking quarrels and stirring up trouble
  6. picking sides
  7. picking someone's brain
  8. picking the wrong horse
  9. picking through
  10. picking up
  11. picking up on

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