take someone's part

Stand up for or support someone, as in Thanks for taking my part against the supervisor. This idiom uses part in the sense of "side in a dispute." It was first recorded in 1732, although a different version, take part with, dates from the early 1400s. Also see take sides; take part.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tora	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Aygul	-	Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Eder (2)	-	Basque
Aristides	ah-ree-STEE-dhes (Spanish), ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh (Portuguese), ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh (Brazilian Portuguese)	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese
Gabriele (1)	gah-BRYE-le	Italian
Brygida	bri-GEE-dah	Polish