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taken sides

taken sides is the past participle of take sides.

Meaning of take sides

Verb

take sides (third-person singular simple present takes sides, present participle taking sides, simple past took sides, past participle taken sides)

  1. (idiomatic) To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
    • I am not going to argue with you, and I am not going to take sides in this discussion.

Questions about taken sides

What is taken sides the past participle of?
Taken sides is the past participle of take sides.

Words near taken sides in the dictionary

  1. taken seriously
  2. taken shape
  3. taken ship
  4. taken shipping
  5. taken short
  6. taken sides
  7. taken silk
  8. taken slave
  9. taken soil
  10. taken some beating
  11. taken some doing

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