"take upon oneself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> upon oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "take upon oneself (third-person singular simple present takes upon oneself, present participle taking upon oneself, simple past took upon oneself, past participle taken upon oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume personal responsibility for."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_upon_oneself-en-verb-WCxf3ofF",
      "links": [
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To assume personal responsibility for."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take it upon oneself"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take upon oneself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> upon oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "take upon oneself (third-person singular simple present takes upon oneself, present participle taking upon oneself, simple past took upon oneself, past participle taken upon oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take it upon oneself"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume personal responsibility for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To assume personal responsibility for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take upon oneself"
}