Verb
take up for (third-person singular simple present takes up for, present participle taking up for, simple past took up for, past participle taken up for)
To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of.
You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.' Maya Angelou
In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied again, as quickly and as effortlessly as possible, when circumstances change - as they surely will in our liquid modern society, over and over again. Zygmunt Bauman