TAKE-UP Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

take up

verb

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as in to lift

to move from a lower to a higher place or position please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it

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as in to drink

to take in (something liquid) through small openings the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly

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as in to borrow

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry

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Recent Examples of take up As news of her Epstein ties trickled out, Lang resigned as SPI managing director on Monday, having only taken up the role at the body representing 570 independent producers on January 7. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026 Mostly, making sure your ashes are completely cooled, which can take up to several days. —

Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026 Travel to opposite ends of humanity’s timeline; body-hop your consciousness across chassis; take up your weapon of choice for a bloody werewolf hunt. —

Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026 The longtime media personality took up his government post last year alongside fellow online agitator Kash Patel, and the duo had what must have seemed like a chance to act on their manifold concerns about crime and corruption, the Jeffrey Epstein saga chief among them. —

Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for take up

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OpenAI is reportedly eyeing a valuation at over $800 billion, and Google parent Alphabet has seen its stock soar over 60% in the past year, lifting its market cap to $4 trillion.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
The couple who followed them—two shirtless men, around the same height, alternately lifting each other up and rolling over each other with playful, affectionate aggression—struck me as equally political, suggesting not just what was banned but what was possible.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026