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Examples
1. She took up the cudgels for women's rights.
2. Relatives have taken up the cudgels for two British women accused of murder.
3. There was no one else to take up the cudgels on their behalf.
4. I am the elder statesman of the team and it is my obligation to pick up the cudgels for our ballclub.
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