Take up - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈteɪk ʌp|  American pronunciation of the word take up
Brit.  |teɪk ʌp|  British pronunciation of the word take up

verb

- pursue or resume
take up a matter for consideration
- adopt
take up new ideas
- turn one's interest to
- take up time or space
take up the slack
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (syn: start)
- take up and practice as one's own (syn: adopt, borrow, take over)
- occupy or take on (syn: assume, strike, take)
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (syn: sorb)
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop (syn: scoop, scoop up)
- accept (syn: take in)
- take in, also metaphorically (syn: absorb, draw, imbibe, suck, suck up, take in)
- take up as if with a sponge (syn: suck in, take in)
- return to a previous location or condition (syn: resume)

Extra examples

I will not take up any more of your time.

The bed took up half the room.

He took up my challenge.

He was taken up by the police.

I don't want you to take up with him.

...please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it...

...the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly...

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