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go on record
Embrace a position publicly. For example, I want to go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection. It is also put as for the record, as in For the record, we support sending troops there. The record in both signifies either publication or public knowledge. Both expressions date from the first half of the 1900s, although slightly different phrases, such as put on record, are older. Also see just for the record; off the record.
Example Sentences
Most did not want to go on record with their opinions because of a fear of reprisals, but one footballer, who plays in the sixth tier of the women's game, was willing to speak anonymously.
“And I will go on record as saying that. ... We’ve never had a bear kill anybody.”
"I'm happy to go on record to say that there will be a title challenge coming from Chelsea if everything goes well in the next couple of months," ex-Chelsea forward Joe Cole said on TNT Sports.
During the conversation with Morgan, Luntz said: “I’m trying to decide if I want to go on record, and the answer is yes: I think that he loses because of this debate performance.”
The Baptist theologian, Mr. Stanley said, “is actually accusing me of departing from his version of biblical Christianity. So I want to go on record and say I have never ascribed to his version of biblical Christianity to begin with, so I’m not leaving anything.”
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