Take up
Crossword Clue and Answers
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- Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 22 Mar 2021
Crossword Answers
3 letters
HEM
The edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down; "the hem of her dress was stained"; "let down the hem"; "he stitched weights into the curtain's hem"; "it seeped along the hem of his jacket"
USE
Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"
4 letters
DRAW
A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
SUCK
Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"
SORB
Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
5 letters
ADOPT
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
START
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
SOPUP
Take up as if with a sponge
SCOOP
A hollow concave shape made by removing something
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HOOKON
Adopt; "take up new ideas"
SUCKIN
Take up as if with a sponge
RESUME
Take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"
OCCUPY
Require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
BORROW
Get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
ACCEPT
Tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
OCCUPY
ABSORB
Cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
ASSUME
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
STRIKE
A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
SUCKUP
Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
IMBIBE
Receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"
SOAKUP
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
TAKEIN
Make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
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SCOOPUP
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
SHORTEN
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
LIFTOUT
Take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
LATCHON
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
SEIZEON
Adopt; "take up new ideas"
8 letters
SCOOPOUT
Hollow out with a scoop; "scoop out a melon"
FASTENON
Adopt; "take up new ideas"
TAKEOVER
A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
11 letters
STARTAHOBBY
13 letters
BEGINLEARNING