Take up

Synonyms for "take up" (368 found)

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discoursediscourse aboutdiscussdissertdissertatedodrag updraw togetherdraw updredgedredge updrinkdrink indrink updrive togetherelevateembarkembark inembark onembark uponembodyembraceemployenchantencircleencloseencompassendeavorengageengage inengage the attentionengage the mindengage the thoughtsengrossengross the mindengross the thoughtsenslaveenterenter onenter uponenthrallenvisageespouseexamineexchange viewsexercisefall intofall tofascinatefillfill infill outfilter infish upfollowgathergather ingather togethergather upgetget atget hold ofget inget offget togetherget under waygleanglom on togogo aboutgo atgo in forgo intogo upongrabgripgroupgrubgrub uphandlehaul uphave athoghoistholdhold spellbound
Verb(3 words)
drawfasten onfill a container
Noun(1 words)

Related words (184)

hold the interesthonorhypnotizeimbibeimmerseincludeincorporateindentinfiltrateinitiateinquire intoinvestigateinvolveinvolve the interestjoinjump a claimjuxtaposekickknock aroundlaunch forth
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launch intolay aboutlay hands onliftliquidatelump togethermake accounts squaremake free withmake upmake use ofmassmatchmesmerizemobilizemonopolizemove intomusternumber amongobsessoccupyoccupy the attentionosmoseoverrunpairpartnerpasspass under reviewpatronizepay in fullpay offpay the billpay the shotpay uppercolatepercolate inpickpick uppitch intoplaypluckpluck upplunge intopracticepreemptpreoccupyprepossessproceedproceed toprosecuteprypursueput togetherraiserake uprallyrapratifyreaprearreasonreason aboutreason the pointreceivereckon amongreckon inreckon withredeemremarkremark uponrenewrequisitionretirereviewround upsatisfyscare upscrape togetherscrape upseep inset aboutset atset forwardset goingset tosettlesiftsit onslurp upsoak insoak upsorbspecialize inspellbindspongesponsorsquaresquare accountssquat onstrike a balancestudysubjugatesurveyswill uptackletake all oftake intake into accounttake into considerationtake it alltake ontake overtake possessiontake possession oftake totalktalk abouttalk oftalk overthresh outtietouch upontreattreat ofturnturn toundertakeupholdupliftupraiseuprearuseusurpventilateventureventure uponwagewhip inwork atwrite up
Verb(22 words)
hook onimbibeinternalizelatch onleapedlift outresumescoopscoop outscoop upseize onsoak upsop upsorbstartstrikesucksuck insuck uptake
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take intake over
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(2 words)

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Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

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Hungarian

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  • elfogad verb (to accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from)

Italian

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  • accettare verb (to accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from)

Russian

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  • приня́ть verb (to accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from)

Spanish

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  • aceptar verb (to accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from)

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In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.

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I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

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Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: […]

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We're going to have to take up the floorboards.

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