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employ
To provide work and pay for
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  1. To provide work and pay for
  2. To engage the attention or activity of; occupy:
  3. To provide work to (someone) for pay:
engage
To enter or bring into conflict with:
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  1. To enter or bring into conflict with:
  2. To obtain or contract for the services of; employ:
  3. To involve oneself or become occupied; participate:
emerge
To come into view:
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  1. To come into view:
  2. To become conscious:
  3. To come forth into view; become visible
develop
To cause (one's personality, a bud, etc.) to unfold or evolve gradually
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  1. To cause (one's personality, a bud, etc.) to unfold or evolve gradually
  2. To aid in the growth of; strengthen:
  3. To come to have gradually; acquire:
turn
To get by buying and selling:
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  1. To get by buying and selling:
  2. To cause to change intentions, actions, etc. [to turn someone from his purpose]
  3. To perform or accomplish by rotating or revolving:
attempt
To make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor
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  1. To make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor
  2. (Archaic) To try to seize or get control of by attacking.
  3. To try to perform, make, or achieve:
handle
To direct, execute, or dispose of:
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  1. To direct, execute, or dispose of:
  2. To deal with or treat in a particular way
  3. To manage, operate, or use with the hand or hands; manipulate
endeavor
1669 May 18, Sir Isaac Newton, Letter (to Francis Aston):
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  1. 1669 May 18, Sir Isaac Newton, Letter (to Francis Aston):
  2. To attempt (fulfillment of a responsibility or an obligation, for example) by employment or expenditure of effort:
  3. (Intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]
engage
To attract and hold the attention of; engross:
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  1. To attract and hold the attention of; engross:
  2. To occupy or involve oneself; take part; be active
  3. To enter into conflict or battle:
battle
To struggle; contend
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  1. To struggle; contend
  2. To take part in a battle; fight
  3. To engage in or as if in battle.
contest
To fight for (ground, a military position, etc.); struggle to win or keep
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  1. To fight for (ground, a military position, etc.); struggle to win or keep
  2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge:
  3. To contend; struggle (with or against)
Find another word for take-on. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for take-on, like: employ, engage, give work to, emerge, develop, turn, attempt, handle, endeavor, engage and battle.

Sentence Examples

  • It wasn't that I didn't want to be associated with you, I just wasn't mature enough to take on the responsibility.

  • The work was rewarding, though, as the house began to take on a homey atmosphere.

  • The Red Sox were in town to take on the Yankees, a revered experience for us died hard fans.

  • Betsy would be home from her road trip and together we'd take on Quinn.

  • If I take on this job, my word is law.

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