take up for

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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.

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References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary