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taking up for

taking up for is the present participle and gerund 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 taking up for

What is taking up for the present participle and gerund of?
Taking up for is the present participle and gerund of take up for.

Words near taking up for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taking 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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