Definitions from Wiktionary (take up the cudgels)
▸ verb: To engage in a contest.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, followed by on behalf of or for) to make a defence for someone or something; to intercede supportively.
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▸ verb: To engage in a contest.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, followed by on behalf of or for) to make a defence for someone or something; to intercede supportively.
Similar:
take up cudgels,
put up one's dukes,
take up the gauntlet,
take up the glove,
take up the gantlet,
debate,
put up a fight,
battle it out,
go up against,
cudgel,
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