change sides


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change sides

To switch one's loyalties. My aunt is determined to bring me over to her political party, ignoring the fact that I am not remotely interested in changing sides! You can't get me to change sides! I'm a fan of the Yankees through and through!
See also: change, side
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He was actually signalling that the Free Syrian Army is getting ready to change sides.
Opinion: Syrian Peace Talks - by Gwynne Dyer
He was actually signaling that The Free Syrian Army is getting ready to change sides.
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Follow the trail to the steps on the left and change sides with the brook to continue to a stile and enter a field.
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I change sides regularly otherwise you get lines on your face,' he says.
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Two more levels remain: Ineffective Combat Operations and Change Sides.
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Caleb Parker is one of 257,000 free persons of color living in the Confederacy; when war breaks out, he and his best friend enlist in the Union militia, yet Yankee atrocities force them to change sides and fight for the Confederacy.
Reconstructed Yankee
This is not to urge that those who genuinely believe in the Euro should change sides for the sake of opportunism, but merely to point out the grave dangers of a flawed analysis of the true views of this country upon this issue.
Letter: Squandered opportunity
Sometimes I have to change sides of the table, so being able to say yes helps when, eventually, I have to be the naysayer.
The changing role of the business officer: it's a brave new world for the folks who hold the purse strings. (People & Politics)
After you complete the desired number of repetitions, change sides.
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IN ADDITION, THE COMPLEX weave of tribal factions, some of which change sides frequently, will make it hard for the U.
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Now it is time to change sides and repeat the exercise.
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Fritsch's project must be built, if only so that the museum's detractors and defenders will be able - at least this once - to change sides.
Best of show
Do six repetitions then change sides and repeat to complete one full set.
fit tip
What happens when the enemy - supposedly persuaded to change sides - have spent the first tranche of cash?
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I change sides regularly, otherwise you get lines on your face and end up with one eye higher than the other," he says.
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