taking on
Shouldering a burden
Taking on means accepting or assuming something—a task, responsibility, challenge, or opponent: She's taking on too much work, The company is taking on new employees.
It can also mean acquiring a quality or appearance: His voice was taking on an edge.
In British informal use, taking on means becoming upset or agitated: Don't go taking on about it.
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- acceptingWilling to receive
- addressingSpeaking to or handling
- confrontingAddressing directly
- battlingEngaged in conflict
contending · challenging · embracing · acquiring · competing · inheriting · engage · face · fighting · resisting · shouldering · heavy lifting · opposing · tackling · adopting · fulfilling · sparring · employing
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
taking ondeclining
Decreasing in strength
refusing · rejecting · turning down · passing on · avoiding
taking onletting go
Releasing one's grasp
firing · laying off · dismissing · terminating · sacking
taking onoffloading
Transferring goods elsewhere
shedding · unloading · divesting · jettisoning · dropping
take, mistake, taken, taking, mistaken, overtake, take up, takes, mistakes