Antonyms for taking up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : teyk

Phonetic Transcription : teɪk

Definition of taking 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 :

He went all over me, taking up a collection, and did first-rate.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

Let me say at once that I am not taking up the question of the psychic, or entering into it at all.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Taking up the pouch, she handed it to him, and he clutched it with a strange eagerness.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

And I can't, somehow, feel just right about him taking up this jumping business.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Then, taking up his staff, he left the spot and went merrily on his way.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Haydn, speaking of his art, said, “It consists in taking up a subject and pursuing it.”
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

But are you sure you're right in taking up Turl's cause so heartily?
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

A huge table, taking up two-thirds of the room, was her ironing-table.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Taking up a Bondon, she turned it round, and put it down on the slab again.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

"Come with me, then," said he, taking up one of the candles.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for taking up

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