take sth up
(DISCUSS) — phrasal verb with take /teɪk/ verb (took, taken)Definition
› to discuss something or deal with something: The school took the matter up with the police.UK I'd like to take you up on your sales figures for June. A leading law firm took up his case.Debate and discussion
(Definition of take sth up (DISCUSS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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take sth out phrasal verb (MONEY)
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take sth out phrasal verb (REMOVE)
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take sth to heart idiom
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take sth to pieces idiom
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take sth up phrasal verb (CLOTHING)
- take sth up phrasal verb (DISCUSS)
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take sth up phrasal verb (FILL)
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take sth up phrasal verb (START)
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take sth with a pinch of salt idiom
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take stock idiom
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take that! idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- arbitrator noun
- arena noun (ACTIVITY)
- beard verb
- discursive adjective
- discuss verb
- fly about/around phrasal verb
- get down to business idiom
- give and take noun
- horse-trading noun
- liaise verb
- negotiate verb (DISCUSS)
- polemic noun
- proposer noun
- reason with sb phrasal verb
- reasoning noun
- special pleading noun
- thrash sth out phrasal verb
- toss sth about/around phrasal verb
- weigh in phrasal verb (DISCUSSION)
- well argued adjective
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