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Phrasal Verb: Take on

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Take on - Allow passengers on a ship or plane
Example:
The plane stopped at Zurich to TAKE ON some passengers.
Notes:
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Take on - Assume a responsibility
Example:
She TOOK ON the task of indexing the book.
Notes:
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Take on - Employ
Example:
The council has had to TAKE ON twenty extra employees to handle their increased workload.
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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 16 phrasal verbs with 'TAKE'

- Take after
- Take apart
- Take aside
- Take away
- Take back
- Take down
- Take in
- Take it
- Take it out on
- Take it upon yourself
- Take off
- Take on
- Take out
- Take over
- Take to
- Take up

 
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