"take up with" meaning in English

See take up with in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes up with [present, singular, third-person], taking up with [participle, present], took up with [past], taken up with [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> up with|head=take up with}} take up with (third-person singular simple present takes up with, present participle taking up with, simple past took up with, past participle taken up with)
  1. To form a close relationship with (someone).
    Sense id: en-take_up_with-en-verb-3WsI-EYs
  2. To become interested in (something).
    Sense id: en-take_up_with-en-verb-a3S0XEhO
  3. To begin living together with; to lodge with.
    Sense id: en-take_up_with-en-verb-0SzsbUWb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English phrasal verbs formed with "with", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 65 14 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 9 6 52 15 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "with": 9 6 55 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 4 64 13 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 78 5 8
  4. (archaic) To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-take_up_with-en-verb-608b41Rx
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, up, take up, with.
    Sense id: en-take_up_with-en-verb-c6-b7voC

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking up with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took up with",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up with",
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        "participle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I hear that John has taken up with Jane.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Michael Bronski, “...And They Called It Puppy Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 8:",
          "text": "Frank is an older, middle-class Englishman who has taken up with Johnny, the youngish, married son of his cleaning woman. It is unclear if money changes hands, but Frank is always ready to help out Johnny when he needs it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a close relationship with (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_with-en-verb-3WsI-EYs",
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The King and Queen Make a Progress to the Frontiers. The Author Attends Them. The Manner in which He Leaves the Country Very Particularly Related. He Returns to England.”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 306–307:",
          "text": "For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Vincent Curcio, Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius, page 112:",
          "text": "It seems, then, that automobiles and automobiling were on Walter Chrysler's mind for a long time before he took up with this legendary Locomobile",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become interested in (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_with-en-verb-a3S0XEhO"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 65 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 6 52 15 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 6 55 13 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"with\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "8 4 64 13 10",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "5 4 78 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin living together with; to lodge with."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_with-en-verb-0SzsbUWb",
      "links": [
        [
          "lodge",
          "lodge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with"
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_with-en-verb-608b41Rx",
      "links": [
        [
          "contented",
          "contented"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "put up with",
          "put up with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He took them up with him on his next trip to the mountains.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He took up painting with his wife.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He took up the overpayment with his supplier.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, up, take up, with."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_with-en-verb-c6-b7voC",
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
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        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ],
        [
          "take up",
          "take up#English"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up with"
}
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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"with\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up with",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taking up with",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "took up with",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up with",
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        "participle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I hear that John has taken up with Jane.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 25, Michael Bronski, “...And They Called It Puppy Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 8:",
          "text": "Frank is an older, middle-class Englishman who has taken up with Johnny, the youngish, married son of his cleaning woman. It is unclear if money changes hands, but Frank is always ready to help out Johnny when he needs it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a close relationship with (someone)."
      ],
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        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The King and Queen Make a Progress to the Frontiers. The Author Attends Them. The Manner in which He Leaves the Country Very Particularly Related. He Returns to England.”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), pages 306–307:",
          "text": "For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own Littleneſs as People do at their own Faults.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Vincent Curcio, Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius, page 112:",
          "text": "It seems, then, that automobiles and automobiling were on Walter Chrysler's mind for a long time before he took up with this legendary Locomobile",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become interested in (something)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To begin living together with; to lodge with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lodge",
          "lodge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with"
      ],
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        [
          "contented",
          "contented"
        ],
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "put up with",
          "put up with"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with"
      ],
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        "archaic"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "He took them up with him on his next trip to the mountains.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He took up painting with his wife.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He took up the overpayment with his supplier.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, up, take up, with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take",
          "take#English"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up#English"
        ],
        [
          "take up",
          "take up#English"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up with"
}

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