Synonyms for take up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : teyk-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪkˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for take up Other synonyms for the word take up
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for take up
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