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took up for

took up for is the simple past 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 took up for

What is took up for the simple past of?
Took up for is the simple past of take up for.

Words near took up for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took 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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