Thesaurus / take up
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There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against the enemy.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThat Lawrence, whom he looked upon almost as a son, should take up arms against the South was to him a source of endless regret.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNPrepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSCertain structures take up only acid dyes, and are called acidophilic, oxyphilic, or eosinophilic.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDAn English battery came thundering down the road to take up a fresh position and assist in covering the retreat.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThe old dog stuck to her like a burr, and she had not the heart to take up a stick to enforce obedience.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEBesides those who have pinned their faith to the thicknesses, there are those who take up with the "air mass" theory.
ANTONIO STRADIVARIHORACE WILLIAM PETHERICKLet them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSHe there saw the organ by Fermis which induced him to take up that mechanism and develop it to its present perfection.
THE RECENT REVOLUTION IN ORGAN BUILDINGGEORGE LAING MILLERHe then requested me to find, if possible, an English publisher willing to take up the book.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYWORDS RELATED TO TAKE UP
- admits
- begins
- breaks the ice
- comes out with
- comes up with
- commences
- dreams up
- enters
- gets ball rolling
- gets feet wet
- gets under way
- inaugurates
- inducts
- installs
- instates
- institutes
- intros
- invests
- kicks off
- launches
- makes up
- opens
- originates
- pioneers
- sets in motion
- sets up
- takes in
- takes up
- triggers
- usher in
- boosted
- brought up
- constructed
- elevated
- erected
- established
- exalted
- heaved
- held up
- hiked
- hoisted
- jumped
- levered
- lifted
- lifted up
- mounted
- moved up
- placed up
- pried
- promoted
- pulled up
- put on its end
- put up
- ran up
- reared
- set up
- set upright
- shoved
- stood up
- threw up
- took up
- upcasted
- upheaved
- uplifted
- upped
- upraised
- upreared
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