Speakur

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taken up the cudgels

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
tak-en up the cud-gels
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of take up the cudgels

Questions

What does taken up the cudgels mean?
past participle of take up the cudgels

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