take up with

== English == === Verb === take up with (third-person singular simple present takes up with, present participle taking up with, simple past took up with, past participle taken up with) To form a close relationship with (someone). To become interested in (something). To begin living together with; to lodge with. (archaic) To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ up,‎ take up,‎ with. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:take up with. ==== References ==== “take up with”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “take up with”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.