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to provide with a paying job
- decided to take her on as store manager
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to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
- recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
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“Take on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take%20on. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of take on was in 1567
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