Synonyms for take on
- acquire
- add
- address oneself to
- adopt
- agree to do
- annex
- append
- attempt
- become
- begin
- come to have
- commence
- develop
- embrace
- employ
- endeavor
- engage
- enlist
- enroll
- espouse
- handle
- have a go at
- hire
- launch
- put on
- retain
- set about
- tackle
- take in hand
- take up
- take upon oneself
- try
- turn
- undertake
- venture
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Antonyms for take on
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WORD ORIGIN
1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR TAKE ON
accept
verbreceive by agreeing, consentingaccepting
verbreceive by agreeing, consentingacted
verbbehave in a certain wayadopt
verbchoose or take something as one's ownRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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