take up for
English
editVerb
edittake 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)
- 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.
See also
editReferences
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary