Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take the side of” and its meaning is “support, encourage, back, defend, uphold, be on the side of, stand by, stand up for, be supportive of, be loyal to, sympathize with.
Example Sentence: These days everyone wants freebies. Not a single political party will allow freebies to be taken away… We take the side of the ordinary people, the downtrodden. Their welfare has to be taken care of. We are not just looking at this as just another problem during election time… We are looking at the national economic well-being,” Chief Justice Ramana said.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Supreme Court calls for a panel to look into freebies issue and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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