side with

/sˈaɪd wɪð/

to side with

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: side]

to support a person or group against someone else in a fight or argument

Examples

1. President Donald Trump's appointee to the court, Neil Gorsuch, sided with four liberal justices in the case.

2. Others sided with the Trump administration.

3. The more conservative justices sided with U.S. Term Limits.

4. Vanessa’s sister, Alysson Paradis, also sided with her sisters’ former partner.