(intransitive) To happen or to occur. / (obsolete) To take precedence or priority. / (obsolete) To take effect; to prevail. / (obsolete) To sit in a particular location, take one's place.

Alternative form of take-up

(transitive) To pick up. / (transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis. / (transitive) To address (an issue). / (transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time).

(idiomatic, cricket) (For a new batsman, with help from the umpire) to mark a point on the popping crease in front of his wicket so that he knows where it is behind him; to guard.

(euphemistic slang) To defecate.

To tease, ridicule or mock (someone). / To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt. / To be outrageously unreasonable.

(informal) To trip and fall.

(idiomatic) To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.

(idiomatic) To relax or rest. / (informal) A farewell (for parting or closing).

(intransitive) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.