Take up time or space; "take up the slack"
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pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
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return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
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adopt; "take up new ideas"
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take up as if with a sponge
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take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
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take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"
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take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
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accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
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occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
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take up and practice as one''s own
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begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
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turn one''s interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"
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take up time or space; "take up the slack"
Usage Examples
Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.
Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
If I was invincible, maybe I would take up some extreme sports.
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