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accept as a challenge
I'll tackle this difficult task -
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
he adopted an air of superiority
His voice took on a sad tone
She assumed strange manners
The story took a new turn
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables -
admit into a group or community
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
accept students for graduate study -
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary -
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
When will the new President assume office?
How To Use take on In A Sentence
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
- In a second or three, take one high stakes football match, throw in that controversial miscall, stir it up with loads of angry fans, whisk in a few politicians, let it bake overnight and what you end up with is a tasty football ferrora (ph). CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009
- At 48, he is learning to tame his creative spirit and take on just a couple of projects at a time.
- People are always spouting off with definitive answers about what design is… except that everyone has a different take on it.
- The officials and diplomats spoke anonymously because of the delicacy of the negotiations on what tack to take on Iran.
- This meant that they had to take on Fighter Command, led by Sir Hugh Dowding, of the Royal Air Force.
- "I think that is a huge mistake on at least three counts."
- I based myself at Ibsen's, an art-filled eco-friendly hotel on fashionable Nansensgade, an easy walk from the city center and after viewing artwork at the National Gallery of Denmark, I lunched at Aamann's, specializing in a modern take on the traditional open-faced Danish sandwich called the smorrebrod. Jill Fergus: Copenhagen Dining Beyond Noma
- A person does not take one emotional thump in the face and willingly put himself up for more. Times, Sunday Times