OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 11471

take up

Meanings (ES + gloss)
agarrar a • coger a
To lift; to raise.
If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.
ocupar
To occupy; to consume (space or time).
All my time is taken up with looking after the kids.
The books on finance take up three shelves.
dedicarse a • iniciarse en
To set about doing or dealing with (something).
I wish to take up mathematics.
I’ve taken up knitting.
aceptar • participar
To set about doing or dealing with (something).
Let’s take this up with the manager.
While such social effects have not gone entirely unquestioned, most critical work on the topic of childhood innocence […] has focused on the regulation of children's sexual agency.…
comenzar • empezar
To set about doing or dealing with (something).
Let’s take up where we left off.
Phrases
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