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as in assume, acceptas in competeas in challenge, oppose

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takes on

verb as in assume, accept

Weak matches

  • 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

verb as in compete

Weak matches

  • attack
  • battle
  • contend
  • contest
  • encounter
  • engage
  • face
  • fight
  • match
  • meet
  • oppose
  • pit
  • vie

verb as in challenge, oppose

Weak matches

  • brave
  • buck
  • call out
  • confront
  • dare
  • defy
  • denounce
  • dispute
  • face off
  • go eyeball to eyeball with
  • go one on one with
  • go toe to toe with
  • go up against
  • hang in
  • insist upon
  • investigate
  • invite competition
  • make a stand
  • object to
  • question
  • stand up to
  • throw down the gauntlet

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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