"take up cudgels" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes up cudgels [present, singular, third-person], taking up cudgels [participle, present], took up cudgels [past], taken up cudgels [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> up cudgels|head=take up cudgels}} 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)
  1. To begin vehemently supporting a cause.
    Sense id: en-take_up_cudgels-en-verb-PM6y7AqJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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