take up the cudgel for

take up the cudgel for
To make a defense for in lieu of another person

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  • pick/take up the cudgels for — somewhat old fashioned : to fight in defense or support of (someone or something) She took up the cudgels for women s rights. • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel …   Useful english dictionary

  • take up the cudgels — phrasal : to engage vigorously in a defense (as of a person, a principle) especially in argument or debate usually used with for will gladly take up the cudgels for you, if you ll just send in your arguments Wilson Library Bulletin * * * take up… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cudgel — [kuj′əl] n. [ME (SW dial.) kuggel < OE cycgel, lit., club with rounded head, akin to Ger kugel, ball < IE base * geu , to curve, bend > COD2] a short, thick stick or club vt. cudgeled or cudgelled, cudgeling or cudgelling to beat with a… …   English World dictionary

  • cudgel — [[t]kʌ̱ʤ(ə)l[/t]] cudgels 1) N COUNT A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon. 2) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for/against n If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them. The trade… …   English dictionary

  • cudgel — See: TAKE UP THE CUDGELS FOR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cudgel — See: TAKE UP THE CUDGELS FOR …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cudgel — See: take up the cudgels for …   Словарь американских идиом

  • The Adventure of the Abbey Grange — The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes .ynopsisHolmes wakes Dr. Watson up early …   Wikipedia

  • cudgel — cudg|el1 [ kʌdʒəl ] noun count a short thick stick used for hitting people take up the cudgels to take action to support or defend a person, idea, political movement, etc. cudgel cudg|el 2 [ kʌdʒəl ] verb transitive to hit someone hard and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • cudgel — I UK [ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l] / US [ˈkʌdʒəl] noun [countable] Word forms cudgel : singular cudgel plural cudgels a short thick stick used for hitting people • take up the cudgels II UK [ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l] / US [ˈkʌdʒəl] verb [transitive] Word forms cudgel : present… …   English dictionary

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