Synonyms for take on
verb assume, acceptAntonyms for take on
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accepting
verb. receive by agreeing, consenting
acted
verb. behave in a certain way
adopt
verb. choose or take something as one's own
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Word Origin & History
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.