What does take up cudgels mean?

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take up cudgels

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

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takes up cudgels (present, singular) taking up cudgels (participle, present) took up cudgels (past) taken up cudgels (participle, past)

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