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take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth
UK old-fashionedDefinition
(Definition of take up the cudgels for/against sb/sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -backed suffix (SUPPORTED)
- bang/beat the drum idiom
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress verb
- carry verb (KEEP IN OPERATION)
- countenance verb
- favour noun (SUPPORT)
- favour verb
- fight your corner idiom
- pander to sb/sth phrasal verb
- recommend verb
- right behind sb idiom
- speak up for sb/sth phrasal verb
- sponsor verb
- subscribe to sth phrasal verb
- supportive adjective
- sympathize verb (SUPPORT)
- sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
- wave/show/fly the flag idiom
- word noun (TALKING)
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