"take up for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took up for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> up for",
        "head": "take up for"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders",
          "text": "Soda was glaring at him. \"Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? […]\nSoda always takes up for me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_for-en-verb-E7e9eOwu",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take up cudgels"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took up for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> up for",
        "head": "take up for"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take up cudgels"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders",
          "text": "Soda was glaring at him. \"Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? […]\nSoda always takes up for me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "defend",
          "defend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up for"
}