English Explanatory Dictionary

take up the cudgels

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To engage in a contest.
  2. to make a defence for someone or something; to intercede supportively.

Word forms

take up the cudgels takes up the cudgels taking up the cudgels took up the cudgels taken up the cudgels

Related words

take up the cudgel for

Derived words

take up the cudgels for
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