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Exact Match:

take up

pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"

adopt; "take up new ideas"

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

take up time or space; "take up the slack"

Synonyms:

• absorb,
• absorb the attention,
• accept,
• accumulate,
• admit,
• adopt,
• adsorb,
• affiliate,
• agglomerate,
• aggregate,
• aggroup,
• air,
• amass,
• amortize,
• analyze,
• annex,
• appropriate,
• approve,
• arrest,
• arrogate,
• assemble,
• assimilate,
• assume,
• attack,
• attempt,
• batch,
• be about,
• be doing,
• be engaged in,
• be occupied with,
• blot,
• blot up,
• bring together,
• buckle to,
• bulk,
• bunch,
• bunch together,
• bunch up,
• campaign for,
• canvass,
• carry,
• carry on,
• catch,
• charm,
• chemisorb,
• chemosorb,
• clear,
• clump,
• cluster,
• collect,
• colligate,
• collocate,
• colonize,
• combine,
• come out,
• commence,
• comment upon,
• compare,
• compile,
• complete,
• comprehend,
• comprise,
• conduct,
• conglomerate,
• conquer,
• consider,
• contain,
• controvert,
• corral,
• count in,
• cover,
• criticize,
• crusade for,
• cull,
• cumulate,
• deal with,
• debate,
• deliberate,
• deliberate upon,
• descant,
• dig up,
• digest,
• discharge,
• discourse,
• discourse about,
• discuss,
• dissert,
• dissertate,
• do,
• drag up,
• draw together,
• draw up,
• dredge,
• dredge up,
• drink,
• drink in,
• drink up,
• drive together,
• elevate,
• embark in,
• embark on,
• embark upon,
• embody,
• embrace,
• employ,
• enchant,
• encircle,
• enclose,
• encompass,
• endeavor,
• engage,
• engage in,
• engage the attention,
• engage the mind,
• engage the thoughts,
• engross,
• engross the mind,
• engross the thoughts,
• enslave,
• enter,
• enter on,
• enter upon,
• enthrall,
• envisage,
• espouse,
• examine,
• exchange views,
• exercise,
• fall into,
• fall to,
• fascinate,
• fill,
• fill in,
• fill out,
• fish up,
• follow,
• gather,
• gather in,
• gather together,
• gather up,
• get at,
• get hold of,
• get in,
• get off,
• get together,
• get under way,
• glean,
• glom on to,
• go about,
• go at,
• go in for,
• go into,
• go upon,
• grab,
• grip,
• group,
• grub,
• grub up,
• handle,
• haul up,
• have at,
• hog,
• hoist,
• hold,
• hold spellbound,
• hold the interest,
• honor,
• hypnotize,
• imbibe,
• immerse,
• include,
• incorporate,
• indent,
• infiltrate,
• initiate,
• inquire into,
• investigate,
• involve,
• involve the interest,
• join,
• jump a claim,
• juxtapose,
• kick,
• knock around,
• launch forth,
• launch into,
• lay about,
• lay hands on,
• lift,
• liquidate,
• lump together,
• make accounts square,
• make free with,
• make up,
• make use of,
• mass,
• match,
• mesmerize,
• mobilize,
• monopolize,
• move into,
• muster,
• number among,
• obsess,
• occupy,
• occupy the attention,
• osmose,
• overrun,
• pair,
• partner,
• pass,
• pass under review,
• patronize,
• pay in full,
• pay off,
• pay the bill,
• pay the shot,
• pay up,
• percolate in,
• pick,
• pick up,
• pitch into,
• pluck,
• pluck up,
• plunge into,
• practice,
• preempt,
• preoccupy,
• prepossess,
• proceed to,
• prosecute,
• pursue,
• put together,
• raise,
• rake up,
• rally,
• rap,
• ratify,
• rear,
• reason,
• reason about,
• reason the point,
• receive,
• reckon among,
• reckon in,
• reckon with,
• redeem,
• remark upon,
• requisition,
• retire,
• review,
• round up,
• satisfy,
• scare up,
• scrape together,
• scrape up,
• seep in,
• set about,
• set at,
• set forward,
• set going,
• set to,
• settle,
• sift,
• sit on,
• slurp up,
• soak in,
• soak up,
• sorb,
• specialize in,
• spellbind,
• sponge,
• sponsor,
• square,
• square accounts,
• squat on,
• strike a balance,
• study,
• subjugate,
• survey,
• swill up,
• tackle,
• take all of,
• take in,
• take into account,
• take into consideration,
• take it all,
• take on,
• take over,
• take possession,
• take possession of,
• take to,
• talk,
• talk about,
• talk of,
• talk over,
• thresh out,
• touch upon,
• treat,
• treat of,
• turn to,
• undertake,
• uphold,
• uplift,
• upraise,
• uprear,
• use,
• usurp,
• ventilate,
• venture upon,
• wage,
• whip in,
• work at,
• write up