单词 | to take sides |
释义 | > as lemmasto take (also †hold) sides P4. to take (also †hold) sides, to take a side, and variants: to support one person, group, cause, etc., against another in a conflict or debate. Frequently with with. Also to take a person's side, to take the side of: to support (a particular person, group, etc.) in a conflict or debate. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > side with [verb (transitive)] to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 partake1546 follow1548 side1585 party1587 part1669 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with favoura1375 to stand with ——1384 takec1400 to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 to stick with ——1523 partake1546 follow1548 to join issue1551 to make with ——1559 favourize1585 side1585 party1587 to take in1597 part1669 to fall in1709 to take for ——1770 to take up for1824 range1874 society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > join or form a party or take sides [verb (intransitive)] to stand in1555 to fall ina1568 partialize1592 side1609 party1656 to take (also hold) sides1700 (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence1852 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (intransitive)] > take someone's part party1586 seconda1609 to take sides1719 (to be) on a person's, the other side of the fence1852 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 238 Nevertheles he came, and helde syde wyth his broder. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 829/2 Through the discord of the messengers and captaines, taking sides one against ye other, they made their enemies stronge & infeabled themselues. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xli. sig. G11 Hee loues not deeper mutualities, because he would not take sides. 1649 J. Ricraft Civill Warres (new ed.) v. 29 Upon the eruption of the civil war, he took the side of the parliament, but afterward attached himself to the king. 1663 Crimes & Treasons A. Johnston 9 Warreston was the only fit man resolved on to prosecute the Cabel, and to hold sides with the Remonstrants. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 70 The nicest Eye cou'd no Distinction make, Where lay the Advantage, or what Side to take. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 290 He would take my Side to the last Drop of his Blood. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. xvi. 258 The Beaux, and Belles, and Witlings..soon began to take Sides in the Dispute, 'till at length it became one universal Scene of Wrangle. 1823 J. Keble Serm. (1848) ii. 38 Careful always to take the safe side in practice. 1877 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIII. 398 Weak-minded people who cannot take sides with a persecuted truth. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. xi. 317 Every resident of mark found himself in a measure compelled to take a side. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 696/2 Sandalwood drew many adventurous ship captains to the island; whites took sides with native chiefs in fierce internecine warfare. 1985 D. Lucie Hard Feelings ii. iii, in Progress & Hard Feelings 80/1 You sat on the fence when you could have taken my side. 1997 R. Bennett Catastrophist (1999) 177 How can you be from Ireland and not take a side? 2013 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Nov. 55/1 I had to take sides about this deep issue of moral theory. < as lemmas |
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