taking up

verb

Definition of taking upnext
present participle of take up
1
as in lifting
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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2
as in drinking
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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3
as in borrowing
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 Synonyms for taking up
  1. lifting
  2. drinking
  3. borrowing
  4. raising
  5. adopting
  6. elevating
  7. absorbing
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  • Prospects of heightened inflation could also hinder the Fed from keeping up with interest-rate cuts, even as other central banks proceed with cuts, further lifting the dollar.
    Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The good news is that lifting the freeze is quick and straightforward.
    Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of lifting
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  • What if the problem with eggnog is just that many of us are drinking the wrong kind?
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the early 1980s, five seniors died after drinking homemade eggnog at a New Jersey nursing home.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of drinking
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  • The Athletic has previously reported that United have discussed ticket price rises and the sale of stadium naming rights as ways to raise revenue for the project, while the club also held multiple rounds of exploratory talks with Bank of America earlier this year with a view to borrowing money.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • For example, borrowing $500 for two weeks might come with a $75 fee, translating to a 391% APR.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of borrowing
Verb
  • The suit alleges that millions of Times articles were used without authorization in training AI models, raising fundamental questions about intellectual property rights in the digital age.
    Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The biggest hurdle is raising the $160,000 needed to send 21 students and four chaperones across the Atlantic.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of raising
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  • However, entrepreneurs are discovering better ways to finance their ventures—by avoiding or delaying VC and adopting the strategies used by 94% of billion-dollar entrepreneurs and nearly all hundred-million-dollar entrepreneurs.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In my view, adopting multiple resilient behaviors can help improve job satisfaction and a sense of organizational inclusion.
    Leen Kawas, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of adopting
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  • The potential of voice recognition technology is not limited to elevating user experience.
    Ilya Lashch, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • These include starting a new team, relocating an existing team in another market, or elevating the Phoenix Rising from a lower league and admitting it as an MLS expansion team.
    Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of elevating
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  • Meanwhile, the music business marched forward, absorbing losses and deferring any hard decisions.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This suggests that digestive mucus might play a key role in absorbing micro and nanoplastics into the body before they are transported into the bloodstream and elsewhere in the body.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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