Antonyms for takes up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : teyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : teɪk |
Definition of takes 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
- A smile lights the dear, aged face, and again Grandma takes up her story.
- Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine
- But Khalid now takes up the newspapers and scans the Want Columns for hours.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- And laying down the magazine, he takes up her hand and presses it to his lips.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- In proportion to the energy of his thought and will, he takes up the world into himself.
- Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It's then we takes up the business of havin' that cel'bration.
- Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- After a moment, he returns to the table, and takes up the notes of the speech.
- Extract from : « The Mob (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Without looking at him she takes up her hat, and puts it on.
- Extract from : « The Fugitive (Third Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- This has greatly saddened me and takes up the whole of my thoughts.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- The moment I quit my post I drop out and he takes up the reins.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- The position which he takes up is a kind of modified rationalism.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
Synonyms for takes up
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