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took sides

took sides is the past 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 took sides

What is took sides the past of?
Took sides is the past of take sides.

Words near took sides in the dictionary

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

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