Examples

1 sentences
  1. Can you take this box up for me?

Meaning

1 senses
  1. To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of.

Forms

takes up for, taking up for, took up for, taken up for

irregular · Lesson

Base formtake up for · to take up for
3rd person singulartakes up for
Present participletaking up for
Past simpletook up for
Past participletaken up for

Tenses

take up for · took up for · will take up for · have taken up for

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake up for
he, she, ittakes up for

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken up for
he, she, ithas taken up for

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take up for

Past simpleLesson

all personstook up for

Phrasal verbs

19 phrasal verbs
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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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