Antonyms for take up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : teyk-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪkˌʌp

Definition of take up

Origin : 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.

verb begin or start again

Example sentences :

Soon she was to learn of Tillie's predicament, and to take up the cudgels valiantly for her.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He waited until he saw her sit down at the desk and take up a pen.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And it is at this point that we take up the main thread of our story.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Let me advise you, not to harden your mind; nor take up your resolution beforehand.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

When you think they are nearly done, take up one on a plate and try it.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then shall we leave them with nothing but mischief to take up their attention?
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

Was ever such a pitiful dog, to take up with such a mean trollop?
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

By all means let him take up the Burden of Tyre, so long as he can take it lightly.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

It is to them that keep his commandments that he and his Father will come to take up their abode with them.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for take up

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