foot in both camps

*foot in both camps

Fig. an interest in or to support each of two opposing groups of people. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) The shop steward had been promised a promotion and so had a foot in both camps during the strike—workers and management. Mr. Smith has a foot in both camps in the parent-teacher dispute. He teaches math, but he has a son at the school.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olive	['ɔliv]
Aideen	AY-deen	Irish
HediİYe	-	Turkish
Jehiel	jee-HIE-əl (English)	Biblical
Nebo	-	Biblical
Nomiki	-	Greek