cudgels in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

cudgels in the PONS Dictionary

cudgels Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take up (the) cudgels for sb/sth Aus, Brit
prendre fait et cause pour qn/qc
to cudgel sb into doing sth fig
faire faire qc à qn à coup de triques
to cudgel one's brains
se creuser la cervelle
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This drinking ritual happens as the sisters of the bride engage in tomfooleries and playfully strike guests using flower-filled cudgels.
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I hope that others actually pick up their cudgels and say they are spot on here.
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We haven't used this cudgel yet.
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Later, commoners were given war hammers, cudgels, or quarterstaves with sharp iron tips.
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Fall carried a black cudgel especially for making people respecting these rules.
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Such monuments show the cudgel in a variety of forms - sometimes straight with a rounded top, sometimes knotted, and sometimes sinuous.
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Few other democratic governments will be likely to take up cudgels and follow the commission's lead.
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Have they taken up cudgels again a stronger adversary like a political group or the state for that purpose?
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Cudgel raced at age three in 1917.
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Some of them use shields in fighting, others use cudgels.
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