to side with
96
3.6
- phrasal verb
- /saɪd wɪð/
:
ponerse del lado de
- And the court in West Virginia sided with the trans student.
- side with one's own
- side with the state
- side with the church
My best friend always, always sides with Brian.
- My best friend always, always sides with Brian.
- Obviously, as the build APC guy, my instinct is to side with Jackery who sponsored this video.
- You know, I, I, I want to side with you, but it's been so long.
- So Bostic, little bit bearish here, maybe he's siding with Kolonovic.
- Once again, comment down below whose advice you side with more.
- I think he was siding with Louis CK during that whole allegation time.
- Nobody ever sided with a guy like Putin against our intelligence agencies.
- Yet yet yet another thing to add to the list of your presidential firsts, along with siding with Nazis and misspelling hamburgers.
- Robertson has spent the past few days downplaying Khashoggi's murder and prioritizing the financial benefit of siding with Saudi Arabia.
- many of the Eastern Bloc countries have to side with the Iranian
- I think we only had one person side with the partners through all of this.
- He doesn't side with him providing military equipment.
Examples
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I did not see how we could side with the humans, against our own kind.
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I can't believe you're siding with him.
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Then is it dangerous for all of you who side with your king?
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My best friend always, always sides with Brian.
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If you know Rob, you know you should side with him.
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I think that I'll side with with the prosecution in the state on that for now.
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Why do you side with the resistance when you don't get anything out of it.
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It looks like the school board sided with you guys.
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You've always been your father's daughter, and if you want to side with him this time, that's fine.
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I always side with my friends when they need help during arguments.
Synonyms
84
2.9
Support a person, group, or cause during hard times
47
6.4
To agree with someone about something
12
4.0
To join with another person or group to work together for the same goal
11
3.0
Support someone in an argument when others disagree
6
5.8
To join and support a group or side
1
4.0
Support one person or group in a disagreement
1
3.9
Support and defend other people who share a cause
To support someone in an argument
Antonyms
How Supportive
932
1.0
96
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to support or agree with someone' is directly and compositionally derived from 'side' (to take a position or align) plus 'with' (indicating agreement/support). This construction follows a standard and cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g. 'estar del lado de', 'être du côté de'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Side with comes from the image of standing at someone's side and being with them in an argument to show you support them. So, side with means 'to support or agree with' someone.