take up for
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take someone's side
take sides with
vindicate
assert
assert oneself
casuistry
dispute
come to bat
stick to one's guns
polemicize
fend and prove
stand up for
advocacy
stand behind
apologia
calling into question
demand for explanation
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
take someone's part
take the meaning
stand up
stick up
defend
protagonism
stick up for
see the point
stand one's ground
nail one's colours to the mast
wear
wrangle
reactionaryism
agonistic
throw one's weight behind
counter-argumentative
remonstrate
defence
circle the wagons
stir
white knight
position
declare
take the point
dexify
shield
stand for
premediate
patronize
rest one's case
oppose
side
take up the cudgel for
argumentatively
day in court
stand
fratchety
fight one's corner
motte and bailey
rightism
on the defensive
controvert
bastion
contest
ward
dig in one's heels
postulator
pound the table
arguable
polemics
presume
oppugn
arguing
nourish
rational motive
urge
turn against
antiprotest
courage of one's convictions
combative
counterargue
pertinacious
argumented
agonistical
argumenthood
talk around
persuasion
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justification
rationalise
rationalize
break a lance
excuse
argumentatious
apologise
make a point