spring to defense

spring to someone's defense

Fig. to go quickly to defend someone. (Can be against physical or verbal attack.) Fred was attacked and Ralph sprang to his defense. We sprang to Mary's defense when she was accused of doing wrong.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
OnÉSime	-	French
Cassius	KASH-əs (English), KAS-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman, English
Stelios	-	Greek
Stefanu	-	Old Church Slavic
Maristella	-	Italian
Anath (2)	-	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)