take up the cudgels for

take up the cudgels for  {v. phr.},  {literary}
To come to the defense of; to support or fight for.
He was the first to take up the cudgels for his friend.
Compare: STAND UP FOR.
Categories: literary verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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