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
Mignon	-	Literature
A&Eth;AlbjÖRg	-	Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Quetzalcoatl	kwet-səl-KWAH-təl (English)	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Iphigenia	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Kulap	-	Thai
Aleksander	ahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)	Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish