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Phrasal Verb: Take up

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Take up - Fill or occupy time or space
Example:
An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays.
Notes:
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Take up - Make clothes shorter
Example:
The trousers were too long so I TOOK them UP to make them fit.
Notes:
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Take up - Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.
Example:
He TOOK UP squash as he felt he had to lose some weight.
Notes:
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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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