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单词 to take up the cudgels
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to take up the cudgels
2. figurative, esp. in to take up the cudgels: to engage in a vigorous contest or debate (for, in defence of, on behalf of). So †to give up or cross the cudgels: ‘to forbear the contest, from the practice of cudgel-players to lay one over the other’ (Johnson).
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > give way or give in
benda1400
sink?a1513
to give over1530
to cry creak?1562
yield1576
to hold up1596
succumb1604
to give in1616
to hoist, lower, strike the topsaila1629
to cry cravena1634
to give up or cross the cudgels1654
incumb1656
to fall in1667
to knock under1670
to knock under board, under (the) table1692
to strike underc1730
knuckle down1735
to throw (also chuck) up the sponge1860
chuck up (the sponge)1864
to throw in one's hand1893
to sky the wipe (or towel)1907
to drop one's bundle1915
to throw (chuck, or toss) in the towel1915
to buckle up1927
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] > engage on behalf of or against something
stickle1625
to take up the bucklers1647
to take up the cudgels1654
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend
to stand by ——OE
to speak for ——a1300
to stand for ——1384
maintainc1390
to stand up for1562
to stand out for?c1576
to stand to ——1582
patronize1595
stickle1632
to stick up for1792
championize1840
champion1844
to take up the cudgels1869
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 [Writers] taking up the Cudgels on one side or other.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 140 Mr. Chillingworth..took up the Cudgells against him.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 95 Which forc'd the Stubborn'st for the Cause, To cross the Cudgels to the Laws.
1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 414 Tho' I did not immediately give up the Cudgels.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccii. 265 To Contend..and then, either to Cross the Cudgells, or to be Baffled in the Conclusion.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists v. 247 He had..wielded for years the cudgels of controversy.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. i. 7 His wife had taken up the cudgels for her friend.
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