"choose sides" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chooses sides",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "choosing sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chose sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chose sides",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "choose<,,chose> sides"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The neighbors chose sides on the zoning change.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, sides."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose#English"
        ],
        [
          "sides",
          "sides#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "word": "choose up"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "word": "choose up sides"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "word": "choose up teams"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Maxine and Roseanne chose sides, with Maxine, the weaker of the two, getting first choice.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divide a group into teams for a game or sport."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "choose sides"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chooses sides",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "choosing sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chose sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chose sides",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "choose up"
    },
    {
      "word": "choose up sides"
    },
    {
      "word": "choose up teams"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The neighbors chose sides on the zoning change.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, sides."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sides",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Maxine and Roseanne chose sides, with Maxine, the weaker of the two, getting first choice.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divide a group into teams for a game or sport."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "choose sides"
}