take up (v.) Old form(s): vp
take on, handle, cope with
2H4 I.iii.73[Hastings to Lord Bardolph, of King Henry's army] one power against the French; / And one against Glendower; perforce a third / Must take up us
Cor III.i.243[Menenius to Coriolanus, of the Plebeians] I could myself / Take up a brace o'th' best of them
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