Take to doing something

Dee's taken to getting up at 6 and going jogging.

3. take to your bed

to get into your bed and stay there

He was so depressed, he took to his bed for a week.

take something up phrasal verb

1. take something ↔ up

to become interested in a new activity and to spend time doing it

Roger took painting up for a while, but soon lost interest.

2. to start a new job or have a new responsibility

Peter will take up the management of the finance department. take up a post/a position/duties etc The headteacher takes her duties up in August.

3. take something ↔ up

if you take up a suggestion, problem, complaint etc, you start to do something about it

Now the papers have taken up the story.

take something ↔ up with

The hospital manager has promised to take the matter up with the member of staff involved. I am still very angry and will be taking it up with the authorities.

4. to fill a particular amount of time or space

Be taken up with something

The little time I had outside of school was taken up with work.

take up space/room old books that were taking up space in the office

5. take something ↔ up

to accept a suggestion, offer, or idea

Rob took up the invitation to visit. take up the challenge/gauntlet Rick took up the challenge and cycled the 250 mile route alone.

6. to move to the exact place where you should be, so that you are ready to do something

The runners are taking up their positions on the starting line.

7. take something ↔ up

to make a piece of clothing shorter

8. take something ↔ up

to continue a story or activity that you or someone else had begun, after a short break

I'll take up the story where you left off.

take somebody up on something phrasal verb

to accept an invitation or suggestion

take somebody up on an offer/a promise/a suggestion etc I'll take you up on that offer of a drink, if it still stands.

take up with somebody/something phrasal verb

old-fashioned to become friendly with someone, especially someone who may influence you badly

Take noun [countable] an occasion when a film scene, song, action etc is recorded

We had to do six takes for this particular scene.

2. somebody's take (on something)

someone's opinion about a situation or idea

What's your take on this issue?

3. be on the take

informal to be willing to do something wrong in return for money

Is it true that some of the generals are on the take?

4. [usually singular] American English informal the amount of money earned by a shop or business in a particular period of time

Practise verb

British English practice American English /prækts/

1 [intransitive and transitive] to do an activity, often regularly, in order to improve your skill or to prepare for a test

They moved the furniture back to practise their dance routine.

It gives students the opportunity to practice their speaking skills.

Practise doing something

Today we're going to practise parking.

Practise for

She's practicing for her piano recital.

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