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take on

verb

  1. to employ or hire

    to take on new workmen

  2. to assume or acquire

    his voice took on a plaintive note

  3. to agree to do; undertake

    I'll take on that job for you

  4. to compete against, oppose, or fight

    I'll take him on any time

    I will take him on at tennis

  5. informal.
    intr to exhibit great emotion, esp grief
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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