take up with (something)
take up with (something)
To be or become interested or absorbed in something. I took up with photography after I retired. I never read much as a kid, but then in high school I was completely taken up with Victorian literature.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- take an interest
- take an interest in
- take an interest in (someone or something)
- wrapped up in (someone or something)
- wrapped up in someone/something
- wrapped up with (someone or something)
- I kid you not
- (mother) nature's (something)
- have a passion for (something)
- passion