take up

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She decided to take up painting as a new hobby.

Definition

Verb:
- To begin or start something new: To adopt or engage in a new activity, hobby, study, or job.
- To occupy or fill space or time: To use or consume an amount of space, time, or attention.
- To lift or raise something: To physically pick up or raise an object.
- To shorten a garment: To make a piece of clothing shorter by folding and sewing the fabric at the bottom.
- To resume or continue something: To start something again after a pause or interruption.
- To accept an offer or challenge: To agree to or accept something that is offered or proposed.

Usage Examples

Verb:
- She decided to take up painting as a hobby. (She began the activity of painting.)
- This sofa takes up too much space in the room. (The sofa occupies/consumes a lot of room.)
- Please take up that book from the floor. (Please pick up that book.)
- I need to take up these trousers; they are too long. (I need to shorten these trousers.)
- Let's take up the discussion where we left off. (Let's resume the discussion.)
- He took up the challenge to run a marathon. (He accepted the challenge.)

Advanced Usage

"to take up the slack": To tighten or use something that is loose; to improve efficiency or use idle resources.
- We hired a new team member to take up the slack in the busy department.
"to take up arms": To prepare to fight, especially for a cause.
- The citizens were forced to take up arms to defend their city.
"to take up residence": To begin living in a place.
- The ambassador took up residence in the capital.

Variants and Related Words

Take-up (noun): The rate at which people accept or start using something offered.
- The take-up for the new training program was very high.
Undertake (verb): To commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility).
- She will undertake the management of the project.

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Take up on: To accept an offer or invitation.
- I'll take you up on that offer of help.
Take up with: To become friendly or involved with someone (often disapprovingly).
- He's taken up with a strange group of people.

Related Idioms

Take up the gauntlet: To accept a challenge.
- She took up the gauntlet and decided to compete.
Take up the cudgels for: To defend or support a person or cause vigorously.
- He always takes up the cudgels for the underdog.

She decided to take up painting as a new hobby.

Verb

return to a previous location or condition
- The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it
take up as if with a sponge
take in, also metaphorically
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
accept
- The cloth takes up the liquid
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- scoop the sugar out of the container
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
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
take up and practice as one's own
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- Take up a position
- start a new job
take up time or space
- take up the slack
turn one's interest to
- He took up herpetology at the age of fifty
adopt
- take up new ideas
pursue or resume
- take up a matter for consideration

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