Canadian English Meaning of took up
took up
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Definitions and Meaning of took up in English
took up
a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises in completing a stitch, pick up, lift, to pay the amount of (as a note), to make a beginning where another has left off, to enter upon (something, such as a business, hobby, or subject of study), to accept or adopt as one's own, a device for winding photographic film on a reel, core, or spool, to make tighter or shorter, to accept or adopt for the purpose of assisting, to begin to occupy (land), to proceed to deal with, the action of taking up, to begin again or take over from another, to respond favorably to (a person offering a bet, challenge, proposal, etc.), to absorb or incorporate into itself, to pull up or in so as to tighten or to shorten, to gather from a number of sources, to engage vigorously in a defense or dispute, to begin to associate or consort with, to occupy entirely or exclusively, to establish oneself in, to begin to engage in, to begin to occupy, to become shortened, to become interested or absorbed in, to proceed to consider or deal with
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took up
a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises in completing a stitch, pick up, lift, to pay the amount of (as a note), to mak
Elevated,lifted,raised,boosted,heaved,heightened,hiked,hoisted,hove,mounted
dropped,fell,lowered,pushed,slipped,boring,depressed,descended,pressed,dipped
took to the cleaners => took it to the dry cleaners, took to task => took to task, took to => took to, took the mickey out of => made fun of, took the floor => Took the floor.,
