take up the cudgel for

English

Alternative forms

• take up the cudgels for

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To make a defense for someone or something, on behalf of another person.