"take sides" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes sides",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took sides",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> sides"
      },
      "expansion": "take sides (third-person singular simple present takes sides, present participle taking sides, simple past took sides, past participle taken sides)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am not going to argue with you, and I am not going to take sides in this discussion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_sides-en-verb-x6M8idJW",
      "links": [
        [
          "ally",
          "ally"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "agenda",
          "agenda"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "viewpoint",
          "viewpoint"
        ],
        [
          "competition",
          "competition"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "side with"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pick sides"
        },
        {
          "word": "choose sides"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "partianiĝi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "valita puolta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "ottaa kantaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "prendre parti"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "Partei ergreifen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "tags": [
            "reflexive"
          ],
          "word": "auf eine Seite schlagen"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kâo-kâang",
          "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
          "word": "เข้าข้าง"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/En-au-take_sides.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take sides"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes sides",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took sides",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken sides",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> sides"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "side with"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English light verb constructions",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am not going to argue with you, and I am not going to take sides in this discussion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ally",
          "ally"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "agenda",
          "agenda"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "viewpoint",
          "viewpoint"
        ],
        [
          "competition",
          "competition"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pick sides"
        },
        {
          "word": "choose sides"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/En-au-take_sides.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "partianiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "valita puolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "ottaa kantaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "prendre parti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "Partei ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ],
      "word": "auf eine Seite schlagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâo-kâang",
      "sense": "to join in a confrontation",
      "word": "เข้าข้าง"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take sides"
}