Look, don't tell me you're going to go all male and start defending the indefensible here, because if you are, I'm off.

I take up points of view I don't actually support strongly and start defending them to the hilt.

He put in changes at the law firm to allow them to start defending the supervillain community.

You didn't freeze when I was hit; you stepped in and started defending me.

"If you start defending yourself," he said, "you won't get any more information."

Jana B. jumped from her bed and started defending herself immediately with the broken piece of wood.

He will, however, have to start defending them and other decisions still in the pipeline.

They want to start defending themselves, so if I can help them in any way, I'll do it.

"The people in the front ranks started defending themselves."

If Pop started defending himself, he would wind up self-righteous.