transcription, транскрипция: [ kʌdʒ(ə)l ]
( cudgels)
1.
A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
N-COUNT
2.
If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
The trade unions took up the cudgels for the 367 staff made redundant.
PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR for/against n