Take-up meaning
The act of taking or tightening up.
noun
A device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion, as one in a loom.
noun
To pick up.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking.
The reel automatically took up the slack.
verb
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(with on) To accept (a proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
Shall we take them up on their offer to help us move?
verb
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To implement, to employ, to put into use.
verb