take up with

take up with

English

Verb

take up with

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see take,‎ up,‎ take up,‎ with.

   He took them up with him on his next trip to the mountains.

   He took up painting with his wife.

   He took up the overpayment with his supplier.

2. To form a close relationship with (someone).

   I hear that John has taken up with Jane.

3. To become interested in (something).
   • 2001, Vincent Curcio, Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius, page 112:

     It seems, then, that automobiles and automobiling were on Walter Chrysler's mind for a long time before he took up with this legendary Locomobile

4. (archaic) To be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:take up with.

References

• take up with at take in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• take up with at OneLook Dictionary Search