Verb
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take up, as of debts or payments
"absorb the costs for something"
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take up and practice as one's own
- take up -
do over
"They would like to take it over again"
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take over ownership of
of corporations and companies
- buy out - buy up -
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges"
"She agreed to bear the responsibility"
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free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
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take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
"When will the new President assume office?"
- take on -
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
take as one's right or possession
"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
"he usurped my rights"
"She seized control of the throne after her husband died"