take up cudgels (English, verb)
expansion: take up cudgels (third-person singular simple present takes up cudgels, present participle taking up cudgels, simple past took up cudgels, past participle taken up cudgels)
Senses:
glosses: To begin vehemently supporting a cause.
Forms:
form: takes up cudgels
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking up cudgels
tags: participle
present
form: took up cudgels
tags: past
form: taken up cudgels
tags: participle
past