err on the side of (English, verb)
expansion: err on the side of (third-person singular simple present errs on the side of, present participle erring on the side of, simple past and past participle erred on the side of)
Senses:
glosses: To behave in a manner which favours or which is biased toward.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To choose which mistake (err) will be perpetuated when all available options would result in different mistakes.
Forms:
form: errs on the side of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: erring on the side of
tags: participle
present
form: erred on the side of
tags: participle
past
form: erred on the side of
tags: past