take up the cudgels against (someone/something)

British & Australian

take up the cudgels for (someone/something) - to argue strongly in support of someone or something.

Environmental groups have taken up the cudgels against multinational companies.

• a dark horse
• a day late and a dollar short
• add fuel to the fire
• add fuel to the flames
• add insult to injury
• add up
• add up to
• add up to something
• a dead duck
• a dead end
• a dead letter
• a dead ringer for
• a dead ringer for someone
• a dead ringer for something
• a dead weight
• a Dear John letter
• a death blow
• a death trap
• a designated driver
• a deus ex machina
• adhere to
• adhere to something
• ad hoc
• a diamond in the rough
• a different ball of wax