take up
1 (v + adv) lift TRANSITIVEtóg aníos PhrV bain aníos PhrV ardaigh verb to take up a carpet cairpéad a thógáil aníos 2 (v + adv) start to use TRANSITIVEI took up the pen chuaigh mé i mbun pinnShow full entry
3 (v + adv) continue (story, activity etc) TRANSITIVEshe took up the story lean sí den scéal, lean sí ar aghaidh leis an scéalwe took up where he left off leanamar ar aghaidh ón áit ar chríochnaigh seisean 4 (v + adv) accept offer etc TRANSITIVEglac le PhrV I took up her invitation ghlac mé lena cuireadhI took him up on his offer ghlac mé lena thairiscinthe took up the challenge d'fhreagair sé an dúshlán 5 (v + adv) pursue matter etc TRANSITIVEthey're going to take the matter up tá siad chun an scéal a fhiosrúthe media took up the story fuair na meáin greim ar an scéal, thóg na meáin an scéaltake it up with your boss labhair le do cheannasaí faoihe's going to take it up with the Taoiseach tá sé chun é a phlé leis an Taoiseach, tá sé chun é a lua leis an Taoiseach 6 (v + adv) start activity TRANSITIVEtosaigh verb tóg suas PhrV I've taken up golf recently thosaigh mé ag imirt gailf ar na mallaibh, táim tar éis tosú ag imirt gailf le deireanashe took up a new job thosaigh sé i bpost nua 7 (v + adv) occupy space TRANSITIVEtóg verb glac verb tóg suas PhrV it doesn't take up much space ní thógann sé mórán spáis, ní ghlacann sé mórán spáisit took up half the room thóg sé suas leath an tseomra, bhí leath an tseomra faoimost of the paper was taken up with sports cúrsaí spóirt is mó a bhí ar an bpáipéar 8 (v + adv) consume time etc TRANSITIVEit won't take up much time ní thógfaidh sé mórán ama, ní ghlacfaidh sé mórán amathey take up a lot of memory úsáideann siad go leor cuimhnemy time is taken up with work táim gafa go huile agus go hiomlán le cúrsaí oibreI was so taken up with it that I didn't notice the time bhí mé chomh sáite sin ann nár thug mé faoi deara an t-am, bhí mé chomh tógtha sin leis nár bhraith mé an t-am 9 (v + adv) adopt (stance, position) TRANSITIVEtóg verb glac verb he took up a strong stance on it ghlac sé seasamh láidir ar an gceistthey took up a strong position thóg siad suíomh láidir 10 (v + adv) CRAFT shorten (clothes) TRANSITIVEtóg suas to take up a hem fáithim a thógáil suashe took up his trousers chuir sé fáithim ar a bhríste 11 (v + adv) absorb (water etc) TRANSITIVEtóg isteach súigh isteach plants take up water through their roots tógann plandaí uisce isteach trína bhfréamhacha, súnn plandaí uisce isteach trína bhfréamhacha 12 (v + adv) challenge sb TRANSITIVEI took him up on it thug mé a dhúshlán airhe took up that point with me d'ardaigh sé an cheist sin liom, tharraing sé an cheist sin anuas chugam 13 (v + adv) pick up TRANSITIVEtóg verb tóg suas → see take