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
Nyree	NIE-ree	English (New Zealand)
Draper	['dreipə]
Ismail	-	Arabic, Uyghur
Lainey	LAYN-ee	English (Modern)
Judith	JOO-dith (English), zhoo-DEET (French), YOO-dit (German)	English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
Raphael	ra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)	German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek