Meaning of take up with | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To form a close relationship with (someone).
2. To become interested in (something).
3. To begin living together with; to lodge with.
4. To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with
   archaic
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, up, take up, with.

Examples

“I hear⟳ that John has taken up with Jane.”

“Frank is an older, middle-class Englishman who has taken up with Johnny, the youngish, married son of his cleaning woman. It is unclear if money changes hands, but Frank is always ready to help⟳ out Johnny when he needs it.”

“For although the Queen had ordered a little Equipage of all things neceſſary while I was in her Service, yet my Ideas were wholly taken up with what I ſaw on every ſide of me, and winked at my own⟳ Littleneſs as People do at their own⟳ Faults.”

“It seems, then, that automobiles and automobiling were on Walter Chrysler's mind⟳ for a long time before he took up with this legendary Locomobile”

“He took them up with him on his next trip⟳ to the mountains.”

“He took up painting with his wife.”

“He took up the overpayment with his supplier.”

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