take sth on

— Phrasal Verb with take

/teɪk/ verb [T] (past tense took, past participle taken)

Definition

› to accept a responsibility: I don't want to take on too much work.

(Definition of take sth on from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If two people are thrown together, they meet each other in a way that was not planned, or events...

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