Take Up

Definition: Take Up

Take Up

Verb

1. Pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration".

2. Adopt, as of ideas.

3. Turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty".

4. Take up time or space; "take up the slack".

5. Begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job".

6. Take up and practice as one's own.

7. Occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "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".

8. Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; in chemistry.

9. Take out or up with or as if with a scoop.

10. : accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid".

11. : take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words".

12. : take up as if with a sponge.

13. : return to a previous location or condition: "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Industry

Public Administration

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Synonyms: Take Up

Choice

Use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option; adopt, take up, embrace, espouse; choose, elect, opt for; take one's choice, make one's choice; make choice of, fix upon.

Disapprobation

Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.

Pursuit

Tread a path; take a course, hold- a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby.

Restraint

Arrest; take up, take charge of, take into custody; take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive; captivate; lead captive, lead into captivity; send to prison, commit to prison; commit; give in charge, give in custody; subjugate.

Crosswords: Take Up

One day, our paths will lead us there and the tower guard will take up the call: The Lords of Gondor have returned (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I could take up smoking (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

We'll take up old business (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

There's not a lot of opportunities up here for social mobility. I mean you can either become a hockey player or take up a life of crime (Roadkill; writing credit: Bruce McDonald; Don McKellar)

Why did I take up stealing (To Catch a Thief; writing credit: David Dodge; John Michael Hayes)

If you take up with someone (It Don't Matter To Me; performing artist: Bread)

Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all (Po' Folks; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

Magenta feelings take up shelter in the base of my spine (I Want You; performing artist: Savage Garden)

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Books

• Getting it Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family, and Career (reference)

• Knitting Basics: All You Need to Know to Take Up Your Needles and Get Knitting (reference)

• Take Up Crochet (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• 42 INCH TAKE UP REEL HP PRNTERS (reference)

• TAKE UP REEL (reference)

• TAKE UP UNIT TU-02 FOR-W7200 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Manhattan Beach Coast Guard training station. Coast Guard training station, Manhattan Beach, New York, is a tough one with a full schedule; recreation is not neglected. Dances and singing take up most of the leisure in the evening. Homer Smith, tenor of t. Credit: Library of Congress.

Indian troops in East Africa. A detachment from one of the Punjab regiments take up their position for the guard of honour for the march past the captured Italians from Amba Alagi area. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marines. Invasion maneuvers. In a simulated invasion, U.S. Marines leap from the landing barges which ferried them from their transport vessels to the shore and dash through the surf to take up positions on the beach. This picture was taken during maneuve. Credit: Library of Congress.

Take up the war-pen, fight 'til the end!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Other hands will take up the weapons. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In France the Communists ally themselves with the Social-Democrats, against the conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the right to take up a critical position in regard to phrases and illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution. (reference)

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These are some interesting points we might take up.

[She falls the sword] Take up the sword again, or take up me.

Of their smaller fowl I could take up twenty or thirty at the end of my knife

One man says, in his despair or indifference to life, take up a handful of the earth at your feet, and paint your house that color

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Health

A decrease in urinary frequency may take up to 6 months. (references)

It may take up to three to six months for your vision to stabilize after surgery. (references)

The new kidney may start working right away or may take up to a few weeks to make urine. (references)

Business

As expected, take up of digital TV services was initially disappointing. (references)

Until demand begins to take up some of this surplus, the need for environmental control equipment will be small. (references)

The sale of a complex information security system can take up to a year. The client not only requests a demo and quotations but does a thorough evaluation of the system. (references)

Civil Liberties

Israel and the occupied territories

Renewing the permits may take up to 8 months, a common delay that results in many Palestinians falling out of status. (references)

Turkmenistan

Any citizen who wished to visit a foreign country had to obtain an exit visa, which could take up to 5 weeks to process. (references)

Sri Lanka

Obtaining a clearance can take up to 4 months in some cases, and some human rights groups alleged that the procedures were arbitrary and unreasonably strict. (references)

Economic History

Russia

The registration can take up to ten days. (references)

Colombia

However, the legal process of establishing a business in Colombia could take up to a year. (references)

Russia

Licenses can take up to three months to obtain in cases involving transactions with offshore zones. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In Belladere gunmen took control of the police station and broadcast a call for former military to take up arms against the Government. (references)

South Africa

In October the TRC's amnesty committee submitted its final report; it is estimated that no more than 20 cases potentially could be prosecuted, which could take up to 5 years. (references)

Yugoslavia

In May the Government granted amnesty to former members of the UCPMB on the condition that they not take up arms against the Government; by year's end many former UCPMB members had disarmed and had begun reintegrating into society. (references)

Political Economy

BULGARIA

Bulgaria liberalized its foreign currency laws effective January 1, 2000. Bulgarian and foreign citizens may take up to BGN 5,000 ($2,200) or an equivalent amount of foreign currency out of the country without declaration. (references)

Political Rights

Djibouti

On December 13, 2000, the magistrate in charge of the investigation charged the 13 with conspiracy and breach of state security and cited them with calling on citizens to take up arms illegally, carrying and making use of weapons of war, and damaging public property. (references)

Trade

Kenya

The process can take up to three years. (references)

Travel

Japan

A work or investor visa may take up to two months to receive. (references)

Women

Central African Republic

The law authorizes a man to take up to four wives, but a prospective husband must indicate at the time of the first marriage contract whether he intends to take additional wives. (references)

United Kingdom

Women's groups have complained that civil suits concerning sexual harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender at times take up to 31/2 years to appear before an industrial tribunal. (references)

Worker Rights

China

In urban areas, they may take up such jobs as car washers, garbage collectors, and street vendors. (references)

Costa Rica

Most cases take up to 2 months to resolve, but some may take longer if the judge decides that an unusual situation merits further investigation and requires witnesses. (references)

Pakistan

In addition the project sought to identify unemployed adults, especially women, from the families of former child stitchers to take up stitching work and replace lost income. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "take up": take up a case ♦ take up a loan on ♦ take up a loose thread ♦ take up a position in a discussion ♦ take up a side ♦ take up a stand ♦ take up a subject ♦ take up again ♦ take up arm ♦ take up arms ♦ take up for smb. ♦ take up one's abode ♦ take up one's indentures ♦ take up one's pen ♦ take up one's post ♦ take up one's quarters ♦ take up one's residence ♦ take up quarters ♦ take up seriously ♦ take up smb.'s position ♦ take up smb.'s quarrel ♦ take up smb.'s references ♦ take up space ♦ take up the anchor ♦ take up the cudgels for ♦ take up the gauntlet ♦ take up the glove ♦ take up the gudgels for ♦ take up the hatchet ♦ take up the slack ♦ take up the slack in a rope ♦ take up the thread of a tale ♦ take up time ♦ take up to ♦ take up with ♦ take up with smb. ♦ to take up ♦ To take up arms ♦ To take up cudgels for ♦ To take up the cross ♦ To take up the gauntlet ♦ To take up the glove ♦ To take up the hatchet ♦ To take up with. Additional references.

Albanian

thith (absorb, draw, draw down, drink, imbibe, immerse, inhale, nipple, pull at, snuff, soak, soak up, sop, suck, suck in), zvogëloj (abate, belittle, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, make smaller, minimize, mitigate, qualify, rebate, reduce, relax, relieve, scale down, slacken, take away, take in, understate), nis (begin, break, bring, commence, despatch, dispatch, enter, enter on, get, get round, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وبخ (berate, blame, carpet, castigate, check, chide, dish up, dress down, jaw, lash, moralize, quarrel, rail, raspberry, rebuff, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, scotch, show up, slag, slate, snub, strafe, take to task, task, tell off, tick off, tickle, upbraid), ‏تبنى معتقدا, ‏إحتل (conquer, occupy, overrun, squat, take), ‏إحترف حرفة, ‏إحترف (metier, profess), ‏إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, snatch, take), ‏إستغرق (absorb, cover, engross, enwrap, occupy, sink, wrap), ‏إشترى (buy, cover, purchase, take), ‏رفع (boost, brace, bring to his feet, bring up, cat, crane, dismiss, elevate, elevation, exalt, expand, fork out, heave, heighten, hike, hoist, hold up, inflate, jack, lever, leverage, lift, lifting, mount, pick, pick me up, pick up, promote, purchase, push up, put up with smth., raise, rear, rise, rising, rode, roll up, scroll, send up, set up, sling, thrust, turn up, up-end, upheave, uphold, uplift). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заемам (advance, borrow, fill, hold, lend, loan, occupy, take over), подемам (begin, follow up, lift up), подновявам (do up, furbish, novelise, novelize, redintegrate, refurbish, renew, renovate, reopen, reproduce, restore, resume, revamp, vamp), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), подхващам (approach, begin, tackle, undertake), поемам задължение, поемам работа, повдигам (boost, bring up, elevate, give a lift, heave, heft, increase, key up, levitate, lift, moot, pick up, prefer, present, pull up, raise, rear, start, throw up, tip over, underlay, up, uplift, upraise), приемам (accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, allow, assume, buy, concede, cotton, embrace, enrol, enroll, entertain, grant, induct, meet, postulate, premise, purchase, receive, recognize, see, stomach, uphold, yield), изплащам (allow, clear, disburse, discharge, expiate, lift, liquidate, meet, pay, pay away, pay out, pay up, repay, settle, sink), арестувам (apprehend, arrest, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch, pull, rap, restrain, round up, run in, secure, seize, take in), усвоявам (acquire, adopt, assimilate, catch up, digest, master, naturalize), заемам се за, навивам (coil, curl, expend, fake, furl, lap, quill, roll, roll up, scroll, set, tuck, tuck up, wind, wind up), вдигам (carry away, carry off, elevate, flush, get up, heave, heft, hoist, hold up, kick up, lift, pick up, pull up, purchase, put up, raise, rear, rouse, run up, tip up, up), вземам (borrow, cover, fetch, get, got, gotten, levy, load, partake, pick up, pot, retake, take, take away, take in), вземам под покровителството си, възразявам (but, except, expostulate, object, quarrel, remonstrate, reply, talk back), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take effect, track down), разглеждам (analyse, analyze, bolt, canvass, consider, do, eye, handle, hear, look through, oversee, regard, scan, see, see into, see over, treat, view), апострофирам. (various references)

Chinese 

掊 (break up, hit, M for small objects, take up in both hands), �" (name of a country, take up in both hands), 出任 (start in a new job, take up a new post). (various references)

Czech

zvednout (elevate, heave, hoist, hold up, improve, lift, pick up, pick(up), put up, raise, rise), zdvihnout (heave, hoist, improve, raise, unmoor, upheave, upraise), zabrat (annex, be effective, commandeer, confiscate, grip, impound, occupy, requisition, take, take in, take on), zaèít (begin, commence, embark on, fall to, give a start, go, go off, inaugurate, initiate, kick off, open, originate, start), ujmout se (take off, take smth. on board, undertake), uchopit (clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, seize, take), sebrat (compile, dig up, gather up, nab, pick up, pouch, raise, rally, scoop up, take in), pokraèovat (carry on, continue, get on, get on with, go, go on, hold, keep on, proceed), přijmout (accept, adopt, assume, embrace, receive, see), přibrat (bring into play, put on a lot of weight, put on weight), převzít (assume, take, take over, undertake), nabrat (draw, gather, scoop up, tuck), naèerpat. (various references)

Danish

kædeindgang under vævning (shortening, shrinkage). (various references)

Dutch

opwikkelen (reeling, reeling up, wind, wind up), oprollen (roll, roll up, wind, wind up), opnemen (measure, transfer), ophalen (inhale, lever, lift, meet, pick up, raise), komen halen (meet, pick up), in beslag nemen (absorb, confiscate, fill, occupy, take), beslaan (become steamy, comprise, dim, fill, fit out, garnish, get blurred, get covered with, get dim, occupy, shoe, take, trim), afhalen (abide, await, deduct, expect, meet, pick up, string, take along, take away, wait, wait for), aanhangig maken (bring before, lay before). (various references)

Esperanto

venpreni (meet, pick up), pritraktigi (bring before, lay before), enspaci (fill, occupy). (various references)

Finnish

ryhtyä (begin, embark on, engage in, enter into, go in for, resort to, set about, set to, start, take to, undertake), ruveta (begin, set about, start, take to), ottaa käsiteltäväksi, nostaa (draw, hoist, lever, lift, pick up, raise), imeä sisäänsä (absorb, imbibe), antautua (capitulate, devote oneself to, enter, enter into, give oneself up, surrender, yield oneself). (various references)

French

embuvage, acheter (take, take over), adopter (take over), avouer, bobiner, compenser, absorber (take up(a load)), embrasser, semoncer, enrouler, faire métier, faire monter, lever (take off), prendre (take, take in, take over, taking, to take), raccourcissement au tissage, embobiner. (various references)

German

einnehmen (capture, carry, collect, earn, fill, occupy, prepossess, soak up, take, to take up, use), eingehen (arrive, be adopted, be catchy, be received, come in, contract, enter, enter into, fold, go under, incur, leave its mark, pine away, shrink, shrinkage, sink in, undertake). (various references)

Greek 

κονταίνω (curtail, shorten), συστολή του στημονιού κατά την ύφανση (shortening, shrinkage), σηκώνω (elevate, get up, heave, heft, hold up, lift, pick up, raise, upraise), βράχυνση του στημονιού κατά την ύφανση (shortening, shrinkage), παίρνω πάνω, αναλαμβάνω (commit oneself, contract, resume, shoulder, take on, take over, undertake). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תחיל לעסוק ב-. (various references)

Hungarian

felvesz (admit, assess, enrol, enroll, pull on, shove on, take on, to admit, to contract, to don, to enrol, to enroll, to get on, to pull on, to put on, to record, to reintroduce, to tick out), felemel (boost, elevate, exalt, heighten, levitate, lift up, peak, put up, raise, to boost, to elevate, to exalt, to heighten, to hold up, to jack up, to pull up, to purchase, to set up, to sublime, to uplift, tuck up, upheave, uplift, upraise). (various references)

Indonesian

mengangkat (adopt, appoint, assign, carry, designate, doff, elevate, heave, lift, nab, pick up, promote, raise). (various references)

Italian

tenere (be for, be watertight, carry, deliver, follow, hang onto, help, hold, hold oneself, keep, keep oneself, kept, regard, retain, stock, support, take, value, wield), orientare (direct, jibe, orientate, position, steer, take one's bearings, train), occupare (absorb, attend to, be responsible for, deal in, employ, fill, hold, inhabit, keep, keep busy, live in, occupy, preoccupy, sit in, spend, take, take possession, task, to employ), impegnare (absorb, be involved, bind, commit, commit oneself, engage, engage oneself, go bail, invest, keep busy, oblige, pawn, pledge, reserve, retain), accorciamento (curtailment). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

戦端�'開く (to open hostilities, to take up arms), 帰農 (take up farming again), 居�'構える (to take up one's residence), 壅ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), 問題�'取り上�'る (to take up a problem), 引受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 引受る (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 引き受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), 塞ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), 取り上�'る (to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to pick up, to take up), 陣取る (to encamp, to take up positions), 着任 (take up a new post), �'�し�"す (to bring up again, to reheat, to steam over, to take up again a problem that has been dealt with), 鋭�'取る (to take up a weapon), 職に就く (to take up employment), 落ちつく (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 落ち着く (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 落着く (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 陣�'敷く (to encamp, to take up a position), 取上�'る (to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to pick up, to take up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おちつく (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), きのう (air bladder or sac, faculty, function, inductive, take up farming again, yesterday), しょくにつく (to take up employment), きょ�'かまえる (to take up one's residence), ひきうける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to take up, to undertake), ふさぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up, to take up), せ�"た�"�'ひらく (to open hostilities, to take up arms), むしかえす (to bring up again, to reheat, to steam over, to take up again a problem that has been dealt with), も�"� い�'とりあ�'る (to take up a problem), じ�"どる (to encamp, to take up positions), じ�"�'しく (to encamp, to take up a position), とりあ�'る (to accept, to adopt, to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to listen to, to pick up, to take up), ちゃくに�" (take up a new post), えい�'とる (to take up a weapon). (various references)

Manx

troggal jeh'n thalloo (toss, toss as bull). (various references)

Pig Latin

aketay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

segurar (assure, attach, bolster, clamp, cling, clip, ensure, grapple, guy, hang onto, hitch, hold, hold back, indemnify, insure, pillar, pin, secure, seize, sustain, take, underset, unrein, uphold), prender (apprehend, arrest, attract, bind, bond, cage, capture, clip, confine, coop, cop, detain, drop behind, embay, fasten, gaol, gift, grapple, handsel, hoop, immobilize, incarcerate, jail, jug, kennel, knit, lag, link, lock in, mew, nab, pin, prison, quod, run in, secure, seize, shut, snaffle-bit, take), interromper (adjourn, cut off, discontinue, intermit, interpose, paralyse, paralyze, rupture, stop, throw-out, violate), dedicar-se a (cultivate, run upon), contracção � teia (shortening, shrinkage), apanhar (bag, capture, catch, cop, gather, get a beating, grab, grapple, nab, pick, pick off, pick up, reach for, rustle, seize, shovel, snatch, strike, swoop, take, take a beating). (various references)

Romanian

strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, tighten, troop, warehouse), ridica (advance, aggrandize, appear, arise, arrest, ascend, assemble, balloon, bring up, build, carry up, collect, construct, convene, create, draw the cloth, elevate, encash, enhance, erect, found, get up, heave, hoist, interpose, kick up, lift, loop, Mount, muster, perk up, pick up, pitch, pose, prong, pry, put, put up, raise, receive, remove, resound, rise, round up, salt, set up, shovel, start, step up, stick up, straighten, strike, suspend, up, uplift, weigh), relua un refren, lua în mânã (handle), culege (collect, compose, crop, cull, gather, glean, mow, pick, pick up, pluck, reap, set up), bea (bib, booze, carouse, consume, drink, drink to excess, finish, have a drink, imbibe, sip, swig, take), aduna (abstract, accumulate, add, add up, amass, assemble, call, cast up, collect, concentrate, congregate, crowd, deduce, engross, foot-up an account, forage, garner, gather, glean, harvest, heap, huddle up, ingather, jam, lay in, lump, muster, pack, pick up, pile, pile up, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, scoop up, sum, tot, total, troop), adopta un copil. (various references)

Russian 

обсуждать (canvass, confer, confer together, debate, discuss, discussing, dispute, moot, talk over, think over, traverse, ventilate), занимать (borrow, busy, engage, occupies, occupy), принимать (accept, accepted, adopt, assume, embrace, incorporate, pass, receive, receive a visit, take in, take on, take over), поднимать (boost, draw up, elevate, fly, lift, pick up, raise, rear, turn up, up, upheave, uplift, upraise, weigh up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprijateljiti se (befriend, make friends), razmotriti (consider, deliberate, discuss, fall to thinking, inspect, muse on, muse upon, review, treat, view), oduzeti (deduct, deprive, detract, palsy, subduct, subtract, take away, tarnish), odneti gore, odati se (addict, take to), latiti se (buckle down to, enter on, set out, set to, tackle, take on). (various references)

Spanish

tomar (accept, catch, draw, draw in, drink, eat, engulf, get, have, impound, lay hold of, lift out, live, live off, live on, live through, pick up, receive, reduce, strike, swallow up, take, take in, take on, take out, take upon, taking, throw out, to have, to take, touch, treat, understand), tomar posesión de (accede, take over, take possession of), dar comienzo (initiate, lead off), emprender investigaciones acerca de, emprender (adopt, assume, attack, enter on, go about, go around, go at, launch, light, set about, set out, set upon, start, tackle, take on, take over, taking over, undertake), empezar a contar, empezar (begin, break, broach, come on, commence, enter on, get, inchoate, initiate, institute, kick off, launch, lead off, open, open up, set in, start, start off, start the ball rolling), empuñar (clench, clutch, grasp, grip, wield), dar inicio (lead off), estrechar (constrict, grasp, narrow, tighten, tighten up), comenzar (begin, come on, commence, dawn, enter on, inchoate, initiate, institute, kick off, launch, lead off, light, open, open up, start, start up, starting, take to, turn to), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take, take on, take out, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), cobrar (call in, carry off, cash, charge, collect, draw, gain, get, pull in, put on, receive, regain, retrieve), censurar (animadvert, blame, blue pencil, censor, censure, condemn, criticize, decry, deprecate, dispraise, impeach, rebuke, reproach, reprove, scold, talk down, talk out, talk through, view), aceptar (accept, accepts, admit, adopt, agree, allow, digest, embrace, fall in, honor, honour, identify, lap up, receive, say yes to, see, take, take in, take on), dedicarse a (be engaged, embrace, engage in, go in for, knuckle down), absorber (absorb, absorber, drink in, engross, lap up, occlude, preoccupy, soak up, sop up, suck in), establecer (base, enter into, erect, establish, establishes, form, found, identify, institute, justify, lay down, locate, nail down, naturalize, put up, raise, set, set down, set up, settle, substantiate), fijar (affix, allowance, arrange, assign, attach, bed, determine, fasten, fix, focus, make fast, name, pin up, plaster, post, post up, put up, schedule, secure, set, settle, take down, take to, term), hacer llenado, iniciar (boot, come on, enter into, initialize, initiate, launch, lead off, light, log in, log on, open, pioneer, start, strike up, take to), instalar (establish, instal, install, lay, lay on, plant, put in, set up), llenar (beset, complete, cover, crowd, encumber, equate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, load, make out, occupy, pack, stuff), ocupar (attend to, be busy, capture, deal with, employ, encroach on, engage, fill, have a job, hold, light out, line, live in, occupy, pay attention, see to, take, take over), quedar (abide, agree, be situated, come off, come up, drop, fall on, fall upon, jack in, keep, lead off, leave, leave off, leave over, let into, line out, meet, remain, rest, stay, stick around, take away, take from, take off, take out, tear down, throw aside, throw down, throw off, throw over, throw up, trail, trim away, trim off, weaken, wind), quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock off, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), reanudar (reboot, recommence, renew, restart, resume), recoger (bring in, catch, collect, fold, furl, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, get in, glean, harvest, lay hold of, lift, pick, pick up, rake in, reap, reclaim, repossession, scavenge, scoop up, secure, take, take in), relacionarse (be connected, be related, pertain), subir (advance, arise, ascend, bump up, carry up, climb, come up, get into, get up, go up, lift, move up, raise, rise, step up, upload, walk up), encogimiento (constriction, shrink, shrinkage, shrinking). (various references)

Swedish

ta upp (collect, incept, levy, lift, pick up, put on), ta åt sig (take), upptaga (admit, engage, engross, enrol, enroll, ingest, occupy, open, pick up, receive), uppta (absorb, admit, affiliate, assimilate, engage, engross, enrol, enroll, ingest, occupy, open, pick up, receive), lyfta (elevate, get off the ground, heave, heft, hump, Jack, jack up, lift, pitchfork, raise, throw up, uplift), inlösa (pay), fortsätta (carry on, come on, continue, go on, keep, keep going, keep on, move on, pass on, persevere, persist, proceed, proceeding), föra upp, övertaga (assume, take). (various references)

Turkish

tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), tamamlamak (bring to completion, button up, catch up on, clear up, complement, complete, consummate, do, eke out, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, go through with, implement, integrate, perfect, round off, round out, serve out, supplement, work off, work up), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, trap), sözünü kesmek (break in, chip in, cut in, cut smb. short, interrupt, punctuate, put in a word, take smb. up short), meşgul olmak (be at smth., be busy, be into, be occupied with doing, concern oneself, deal, engage in, handle, occupy oneself, weigh in, work, work away), karışmak (amalgamate, be confused, be mixed up, blend, butt in, combine, commingle, commix, concern, concern oneself, cut in, cut into, get mixed, have one's hand in, interfere, interfuse, interlace, intermeddle, intervene, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, meddle, meld, merge, mingle, mix, mix in, pick at, pick over, poke one's nose into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, slip in, step in, strike in, tamper, thicken, thrust one's nose in, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in, welter, whirl), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), kısaltmak (abbreviate, abridge, cancel, clip, compress, curtail, cut down, dock, edit, make shorter, prune, reduce, retrench, short circuit, shorten, summarize), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references)

Turkmen 

яaraglanmak (arm oneself, take up arms). (various references)

Ukrainian

закріплювати, братися (address, fall on, sit down), підтягати, підвезти, піднімати (boost, bring up, draw up, elevate, haul up, heave, heft, hoist, levitate, lift, prong, put up, raise, raise up, rear, set up, up, upbear, uphold, uplift, waken), продовжити розпочате. (various references)

excepta, excepto, sum, sumam, sumamus, sumas, sumat, sume, sumebant, sumenda, sumendi, sumens, sument, sumentes, sumere, sumerem, sumeret, sumes, sumesque, sumet, sumetis, sumetisque, sumetque, sumetur, sumit, sumite, summa, sumo, sumpserim, sumpserint, sumpsero, sumpserunt, sumpsimus, sumpsisset, sumpsisti, sumpsit, sumpsitque, sumpta, sumptis, sumptu, sumptum, sumptumque, sumptus, sumunt, susceperant, susceperat, suscepere, susceperint, susceperis, susceperit, susceperunt, susceperuntque, suscepi, suscepimus, suscepisse, suscepisset, suscepisti, suscepistis, suscepit, suscepta, susceptamque, susceptaque, suscepti, suscepto, susceptoria, susceptum, susceptumque, suscepturi, susceptus, suscipe, suscipere, susciperent, susciperes, suscipiam, suscipiamus, suscipiant, suscipias, suscipiat, suscipiatis, suscipiebant, suscipiendam, suscipiendos, suscipiens, suscipiensque, suscipient, suscipientes, suscipies, suscipiesque, suscipiet, suscipietis, suscipietque, suscipietur, suscipimus, suscipio, suscipit, suscipite, suscipitis, suscipiunt. (various references)

onfon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Take Up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: takeup. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: takeup, uptake.

-1 letter: kaput, taupe.

-2 letters: kept, pate, peak, peat, puke, take, tape, teak, tepa.

-3 letters: ape, apt, ate, auk, eat, eau, eta, kae, kat, kea, kep, kue, pat, pea, pet, put, tae, tap, tau, tea, tup, uke, uta.

-4 letters: ae, at, et, ka, pa, pe, ta, up, ut.

+1 letter: kajeput, takeups, uptakes.

+2 letters: kajeputs, outspeak, upmarket.

+3 letters: outspeaks.

+4 letters: bankrupted, outsparkle.

+5 letters: outsparkled, outsparkles, outspeaking, supermarket, supertanker.