See take on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "I'll take on the project if no one else will.",
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"ref": "1987, Nigeria Magazine, volumes 55-56, Government of Nigeria, page 27:",
"text": "This type of marriage was always fraught with divorce because in most cases the old creditor, instead of allowing one of his male children to marry the girl, would take her on himself. For the fact that flirting was a serious taboo within the society, the girl would bolt away[…].",
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"ref": "2005, Elaine McKewon, “The Scarlet Mile”, in A Social History of Prostitution in Kalgoorlie, 1894-2004, University of Western Australia Press, page 74:",
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"ref": "1990, Robert H. Rimmer, The Harrad Experiment, Prometheus Books, page 93:",
"text": "“I’ll bet, despite the fact that the Tenhausens picked you as a soul-mate for June Atterman, that if Beth Hillyer took of[f] her clothes and shook herself at you, you’d point right in the air and be ready to take her on.”",
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"ref": "2003, George Gmelch, Behind the smile: The working lives of Caribbean tourism, Indiana University Press, page 129:",
"text": "I don't find that sexy. I tell her to take her time and try to be friends and work her way in. Then I might see something nice in her and take her on.",
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"ref": "2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:",
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"ref": "2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:",
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"ref": "1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 225:",
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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
"text": "But I am one of those that never take on about princely fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me, while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud.",
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"ref": "1955, Patrick White, chapter 13, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, pages 198–199:",
"text": "So she hung crying, lopsided and ludicrous on the seat of the buggy […]. People passing looked at her and wondered why she was taking on. There was something almost obscene about a strong, healthy woman blubbering in the sunlight in that public place.",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I'll take on the project if no one else will.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1987, Nigeria Magazine, volumes 55-56, Government of Nigeria, page 27:",
"text": "This type of marriage was always fraught with divorce because in most cases the old creditor, instead of allowing one of his male children to marry the girl, would take her on himself. For the fact that flirting was a serious taboo within the society, the girl would bolt away[…].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Elaine McKewon, “The Scarlet Mile”, in A Social History of Prostitution in Kalgoorlie, 1894-2004, University of Western Australia Press, page 74:",
"text": "She was 78, I think, and if there was only one customer, she’d take him on sometimes.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To assume or take responsibility for."
],
"links": [
[
"assume",
"assume"
],
[
"take responsibility",
"take responsibility"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't recommend taking on that bully, since he's bigger than you are.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Robert H. Rimmer, The Harrad Experiment, Prometheus Books, page 93:",
"text": "“I’ll bet, despite the fact that the Tenhausens picked you as a soul-mate for June Atterman, that if Beth Hillyer took of[f] her clothes and shook herself at you, you’d point right in the air and be ready to take her on.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, George Gmelch, Behind the smile: The working lives of Caribbean tourism, Indiana University Press, page 129:",
"text": "I don't find that sexy. I tell her to take her time and try to be friends and work her way in. Then I might see something nice in her and take her on.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 52:",
"text": "I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with."
],
"links": [
[
"fight",
"fight"
],
[
"compete",
"compete"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with."
],
"senseid": [
"en:attempt to fight"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Football (soccer)"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:",
"text": "He drifted past four Palace players and took on two more before crossing to the far post, where Fellaini touched on for Mata to score. It was a momentum-shifting moment.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player)."
],
"links": [
[
"soccer",
"soccer"
],
[
"dribble",
"dribble"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(soccer) To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player)."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"soccer",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 225:",
"text": "He had enough money to stock it well, and it took on; but the side of the business he did best on was his travelling shop.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To catch on, do well; to become popular."
],
"links": [
[
"catch on",
"catch on"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, colloquial) To catch on, do well; to become popular."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
"text": "But I am one of those that never take on about princely fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me, while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1955, Patrick White, chapter 13, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, pages 198–199:",
"text": "So she hung crying, lopsided and ludicrous on the seat of the buggy […]. People passing looked at her and wondered why she was taking on. There was something almost obscene about a strong, healthy woman blubbering in the sunlight in that public place.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"grieve",
"grieve"
],
[
"concerned",
"concerned"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone)."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Military"
],
"glosses": [
"To enlist into military service."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"enlist",
"enlist"
],
[
"service",
"service"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, UK, military) To enlist into military service."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "innemen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "introduceren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "ottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "saada"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "einbringen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "caricare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "acquisire"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"word": "aparecer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinimátʹ",
"sense": "To acquire, bring in, or introduce",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принима́ть"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "aannemen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "alpreni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "ottaa (+ translative or long first infinitive)",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "annehmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "assumere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "prendere le sembianze"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "mostrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinimátʹ",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "принима́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priobretátʹ",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приобрета́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To begin to have or exhibit",
"word": "anamma"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "opnemen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"tags": [
"with-elative"
],
"word": "ottaa vastuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "+ long first infinitive",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "ottaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "auf sich nehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "annehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "übernehmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "prendere in carico"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brać na barki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wziąć na barki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "assumir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ na sebjá",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать на себя́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "hacerse cargo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To assume responsibility for",
"word": "encargarse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "uitdagen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"tags": [
"with-partitive"
],
"word": "kilpailla"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "aufnehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "antreten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antimetopízo",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "αντιμετωπίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "affrontare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "sfidare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "provarci"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "afrontar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjagátʹsja",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тяга́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To attempt to fight or compete",
"word": "desafiar"
}
],
"word": "take on"
}
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