take up for

“It does speak to family as well, because we all have a person that we cover up. We take up for them. They borrow money but don’t pay it back. But there’s something about them that makes you laugh. It’s something about them that makes you not want to let go of that part of your life.”

“She was the only person in Plains who would take up for Abraham Lincoln if he was ever brought up,” said former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who grew up in Plains.

Supreme Court decision that overturned the right to abortion, and then turned to the talking points he’s been urging Democratic candidates to take up for months, including the nation’s wealth inequality; fears that a Republican-controlled Congress may cut Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare; and the way that high corporate profits in the oil, food and prescription drug industries may be fueling inflation.

Her son would confront her and take up for me, so she ramped up the attacks every time he wasn't physically present.

"Is you gonna to take up for your man or are you going to be a b****?" he continued.