take up for
中上級 (B2) informal
To speak up and defend someone when other people are being mean about them.
"Nobody else said a word, but Maria took up for her colleague when the manager was being unfair."
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The Art of the Ejection with Aaron Boone & Joe West | Sources Tell Jeff Passan
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And Joe came out to take up for him because
The Bad Seed interview on The Honorable DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show
DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show · 14:07
And the thing I I got to take up for
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Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast · 2:11
that's a lot of square footage to take up for hardly using it all.
The Bad Seed interview on The Honorable DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show
DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show · 14:05
doing? Yeah. Cuz we don't have like And the thing I I got to take up for
The Bad Seed interview on The Honorable DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show
DJ Metal Monkey Radio Show · 14:07
And the thing I I got to take up for Trump on this, too. I I take up on it