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Associations of "Take on" (30 Words)
acquirement | The action of acquiring something. The acquirement of self control. |
acquisition | The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something. The company intends to grow within itself rather than by acquisition. |
bring | Bring into a different state. I ll give you an aspirin to bring down your temperature. |
broach | A decorative pin worn by women. He watched a pot boy broach a new cask. |
buccaneer | Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige. |
confiscate | Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. The government confiscated his property early in the war. |
deprivation | The action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office. Sleep deprivation. |
deprive | Depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office. The city was deprived of its water supplies. |
dispossess | Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. They were dispossessed of lands and properties during the Reformation. |
fetch | The action of fetching. He ran to fetch help. |
forfeit | The action of forfeiting something. Those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit their estates. |
forfeiture | A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer. |
grab | Attract the attention of; make an impression on. The brakes grabbed very badly. |
have | Have or possess either in a concrete or an abstract sense. Have a lover. |
hold | Have or hold in one s hands or grip. I hold with those who say life is sacred. |
impound | Place or shut up in a pound. The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment. |
impoverish | Take away. The soil was impoverished by annual burning. |
loot | Informal terms for money. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot. |
own | Have something as one s own possess. I used to design all my own clothes. |
picking | The act of picking crops or fruit or hops etc. He sent the first picking of berries to the market. |
pillage | Rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime. Artworks pillaged from churches and museums. |
plunder | Plunder a town after capture. The contents of the abandoned houses were plundered by members of the new regime. |
procure | Get by special effort. He procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account. |
ransack | Steal goods; take as spoils. Burglars ransacked her home. |
secure | (of a place of detention) having provisions against the escape of inmates. A secure hold on her wrist. |
seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. Fear seized the prisoners. |
supplant | Take the place or move into the position of. The computer has supplanted the slide rule. |
usurp | Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. The Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts. |