cudgels - HiNative
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cudgels - HiNative
cudgels|A cudgel is a club or stick for hitting people, cudgels in plural. More than one cudgel. It's fairly outdated and not commonly used in daily speech.
What is the difference between "cudgel" and "truncheon
Synonym for cudgel A truncheon is normally used to mean the heavy stick sometimes carried by a policeman. A cudgel is any type of heavy stick, sometimes with a heavy end section. It is just a general weapon, not something associated with the police. It is also rather an old-fashioned word, as cudgels aren't used very much nowadays.
As for myself, I don't think it's always necessary to take up the anti ...
2016年5月26日 · Basically"to take up cudgels against" means to be strongly opposed to something (in this case the use of English). So to rephrase, it's not necessary to be strongly against the use of English just because you don't agree …