v.
1.pursue or resume
2.adopt
3.turn one's interest to
4.take up time or space
5.begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
6.take up and practice as one's own
7.occupy or take on
8.take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
9.take out or up with or as if with a scoop 10.accept 11.take in, also metaphorically 12.take up as if with a sponge 13.return to a previous location or condition
Idiom of the Day
under one's thumb
obedient to someone, controlled by someone
The man is only an assistant salesman but he has his boss under his thumb.
