take up

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Alternative form of take-up.
2. fiil To pick up.

   “I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.”

3. fiil To remove (a ground or floor surface, including the bed of a road or the track of a railway).

   “We're going to have to take up the floorboards.”

4. fiil To absorb (a liquid), to soak up.
5. fiil To shorten (a garment), especially by hemming.

   “If we take up the sleeves a bit, that shirt will look much better on you.”

6. fiil To tighten or wind in (a rope, slack, etc.)

   “The reel automatically took up the slack.”

7. fiil To occupy; to consume (space or time).

   “The books on finance take up three shelves.”

8. fiil To take, to assume (one’s appointed or intended place).

   “She took up her post at the foot of the stairs.”

9. fiil To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.

   “I’ve taken up knitting.”

10. fiil To begin functioning in (a role or position), to assume (an office).

    “He took up his post as assistant director last Friday.”

11. fiil To address or discuss (an issue).

    “Let’s take this up with the manager.”

12. fiil To accept, to adopt (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.).

    “I never said thank you for taking up our case.”

13. fiil To accept (a proposal, offer, request, cause, challenge, etc.) from.

    “Shall we take them up on their offer to help us move?”

14. fiil To join in (saying something).

    “They took up the cry of their oppressed compatriots.”

15. fiil To resume, to return to something that was interrupted.

    “Let’s take up where we left off.”

16. fiil To implement, to employ, to put into use.

    “So I’d imagine if they were to take up this system, or a similar system, we should be able to build quicker.”

17. fiil To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.

    “You have 30 minutes for the quiz. We’ll take up the answers at 1 o'clock.”

18. fiil To begin occupying and working (a plot of uncultivated land), to break in.
19. fiil To pay off, to clear (a debt, loan, mortgage, etc.).
20. fiil To arrest (a person).

    “The police took up the suspect.”

21. fiil To reprove or reproach (a person).