take up for

English

Verb

take up for (third-person singular simple present takes up for, present participle taking up for, simple past took up for, past participle taken up for)

1. To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of.
   • 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders:

     Soda was glaring at him. "Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? […]
     Soda always takes up for me.

See also

• take up cudgels

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary