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taken up for

taken up for is the past participle of take up for.

Meaning of take up for

Verb

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)

  1. To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of.
    • Soda was glaring at him. "Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? […]
      Soda always takes up for me.1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Questions about taken up for

What is taken up for the past participle of?
Taken up for is the past participle of take up for.

Words near taken up for in the dictionary

  1. taken underwing
  2. taken up
  3. taken up a collection
  4. taken up arms
  5. taken up cudgels
  6. taken up for
  7. taken up residence
  8. taken up the cudgel for
  9. taken up the cudgels
  10. taken up the gantlet
  11. taken up the gauntlet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken up for (page history and authors); take up for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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