pick/take up the cudgels for

idiom

somewhat old-fashioned

: to fight in defense or support of (someone or something)

She took up the cudgels for women's rights.

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Seeing how insurance beneficiaries and policyholders who are overwhelmingly from the working and middle classes are at a major disadvantage, attorney Anthony M. Lopez decided to take up the cudgels for them, founding the specialist law firm Your Insurance Attorney. —

Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024

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