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take on

verb

to employ or hire
to take on new workmen
to assume or acquire
his voice took on a plaintive note
to agree to do; undertake
I'll take on that job for you
to compete against, oppose, or fight
I'll take him on any time
I will take him on at tennis
informal.
intr to exhibit great emotion, esp grief

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This is no longer the tentative Torres of old, desperate to impress; this is a striker who is happy to take on all the responsibility.

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Cutting a client's hair, Kerry explained she could not afford to take on any new apprentices this year and had been forced to reduce the hours of her current 12 apprentices to the minimum.

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Before then, in Rome these in-between days have taken on a flavour of their own.

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How much of a toll has has that gruelling cut taken on his body?

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For all of this weekend's games in both competitions, he takes on golf superstar and Forest fan, Lee Westwood.

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take off one's hat to take one's breath away

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