take up the cause

I see the young people have already taken up the cause.

But local black officials have by and large yet to take up the cause.

Many who took up the cause on social media agreed.

They take up the cause of people in their areas who need help from the county council.

They've killed more than eight hundred people since taking up the cause.

Will someone in China take up the cause of the new victims?

And if a design is special enough, a city can take up the cause of getting it built.

But, finally, a leading consumer body has taken up the cause.

Now it is taking up the cause of the Irish.

Some French business leaders have taken up the cause of unity.

Then," she wrote, "I had my life before me to take up the cause for those killed.

Then it's time to take up the cause with my editors.

For now, however, it seems very unlikely that the Government will take up the cause.

But by January, the student groups had begun to take up the cause again.

America should take up the cause of these groups when governments try to shut them down.

The 28-year-old has followed in his mother's footsteps by taking up the cause.

Even Russia, its great friend to the north, declined to take up the cause.

She said it was encouraging to see other individuals take up the cause.

Meanwhile, film makers from other countries have taken up the cause.

After his release, he took up the cause of prison reform.

Prominent lawyers took up the cause, as did the national news media.

The congregation therefore took up the cause again, and by 1920 had raised over £70.

Each took up the cause for personal reasons shaped by life experiences.

His son, Peter, took up the cause briefly in 1924.