side against

phrasal verb

sided against; siding against; sides against

: to not agree with (someone) : to not support the opinions or actions of (someone)

They both sided against me.

His father sided with his mother against him.

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The people of Seoul poured onto the streets, South Korea’s parliament nullified the martial law decree by a vote of 190-0, most of the military sided against the President, and now ministers of Yoon Sok Yeol’s government are resigning. —

Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 To side against Google would mean overturning Supreme Court precedent, Google lawyer Karen Dunn said. —

Julia Shapero, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024 From the same side against Denmark, Jarrod Bowen’s in-swinger worked from a similar principle. —

Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 3 July 2024 But the State Supreme Court sided against him and with NorthPointe, blocking scrutiny of COMPAS on the basis that its precise operation is a trade secret. —

Dan Greene, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2018 See all Example Sentences for side against