unofficially
on the side

They'd come to think the right of things was on our side now.

He was just trying to get her on his side.

I say you're a good man to have on our side.

Not being sure who was on your side made any war more difficult.

The law is not on his side, but friends are.

So perhaps the risk isn't on their side at all.

How to make big things happen by getting people on your side.

And they have a lot of evidence on their side.

But at least the young have education on their side.

He was the first one who had the law on his side, though.