take up cudgels against bunk

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Does "take up cudgels against bunk" mean "soundly beat bullshit"?


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WORLD VIEW 27 April 2020
Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already
The scientific community must take up cudgels in the battle against bunk.


Source: From Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01266-z
 
Pretty much, yes.
 
"Take up cudgels against" = vigorously oppose.
 
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