go on record

• go on the record

go on record (third-person singular simple present goes on record, present participle going on record, simple past went on record, past participle gone on record)

1. To say something, especially something controversial, while on the record; to take a position publicly.

• “go on record”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “go on record”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “go on record”, in Collins English Dictionary.