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take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth
UK old-fashioned
Definition
to argue strongly in support of, or against, someone or something
Relatives have taken up the cudgels for two British women accused of murder.
(Definition of take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- -backed
- back
- backing
- Behind every great/successful man there stands a woman.
- buttress
- close ranks
- espouse
- flag-waving
- pander to sb/sth
- solidly
- stand up for sth/sb
- stick together
- strike a blow for sth
- support v (ENCOURAGE)
- support v (HELP)
- support v (PROVIDE)
- support n (ENCOURAGEMENT)
- tip the scales
- wave/show/fly the flag
- with
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