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take something on1Undertake a task or responsibility, especially a difficult one: whoever takes on the trout farm will have their work cut out...- Repairing this damage, and returning to the centre ground, seem like an almost impossible, and thankless task, for whoever takes it on.
- Administrative tasks will be taken on by support staff so teachers can concentrate on teaching and a pupil researcher will be appointed to monitor progress.
- Whoever takes it on now has the fun task of rebuilding the party, just to be dumped a year out from the election.
Synonyms undertake, accept, take on oneself, tackle, turn one's hand to, adopt, assume, shoulder, embrace, acquire, carry, bear, support informal have a go at 2Acquire a particular meaning or quality: the subject has taken on a new significance in the past year...- It is then that Jacobsen's controversial account takes on the tone of a cheap airport thriller.
- Her version takes on added resonance and power when you remember that Tori is herself a victim of male violence.
- Along the way, we will also come to an understanding of why labour took on the importance it did for Marx.
Synonyms acquire, assume, come to have, come by See parent entry: take |