- It can mean to lift something: Take up your clothes from the floor. - To have an interest in something: I have taken up playing tennis. - To accept some offer or challenge: So you want to treat me to a meal? I will take you up on that offer. - To consume something: There are more ways to use "take up", but listing them all would take up too much of my time. :)

It depends on the context. if you take up an activity, it means you start doing that activity. For example, when my friend retired, he took up tennis. If you take up a pair of pants, it means you change the length and make them shorter.

Take up have a lot of definition so it depends on the sentence , Generally means " lift " or " pick up " Example : Yesterday, the Security Council declared its readiness to take up these proposals .

An interesting point to remember: when dealing with phrasal verbs, you need a full context (ie. a sentence) to properly understand the meaning. Many phrasal verbs have multiple meanings, but we understand them clearly based on what else is in the sentence. Looking for a single dictionary definition will often leave you more confused than before.

I'll take up the slack and a few more examples. Trivia takes up space in my brain that could be used to store useful information. My bookshelves take up space all over my home. I had friends who took up their cross and did missions work. Perhaps I should take up cycling again.