be taken up with (someone or something)

1. To be occupied or engaged with something. Said especially of time or some amount thereof. Most of our time has been taken up with paperwork lately.

2. To begin being discussed or dealt with by someone or some group. Your query has been taken up with our appeals department.

3. To be or become interested or absorbed in something. I have been taken up with photography ever since I retired. I never read much as a kid, but then in high school I became completely taken up with Victorian literature.

take up with someone

to become close with someone; to become friends with someone. I think that Albert may have taken up with the wrong people. I did not want Lefty to take up with Max, but he did, and look where it's gotten him.

take up with

Begin to associate with, consort with, as in She took up with a fast crowd. [Early 1600s]

take up with

Informal

To begin to associate with; consort with: took up with a fast crowd.

词组	be taken up with (someone or something)
释义	be taken up with (someone or something) be taken up with (someone or something) 1. To be occupied or engaged with something. Said especially of time or some amount thereof. Most of our time has been taken up with paperwork lately. 2. To begin being discussed or dealt with by someone or some group. Your query has been taken up with our appeals department. 3. To be or become interested or absorbed in something. I have been taken up with photography ever since I retired. I never read much as a kid, but then in high school I became completely taken up with Victorian literature. See also: taken, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. take up with someone to become close with someone; to become friends with someone. I think that Albert may have taken up with the wrong people. I did not want Lefty to take up with Max, but he did, and look where it's gotten him. See also: take, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. take up with Begin to associate with, consort with, as in She took up with a fast crowd. [Early 1600s] See also: take, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. take up with Informal To begin to associate with; consort with: took up with a fast crowd. See also: take, up American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: any time means no time against time against the clock a race against time any time anytime about time (it's) (a)bout time bout at all hours
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