take up with
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For the personal item Nasa allows astronauts to take up with them, Wiseman plans to take a small notepad so that he can jot down his thoughts during the mission.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
He also suggested that it didn’t deserve to be part of Social Security at all, a point he was welcome to take up with Congress, which enacted it in 1956.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
By the way, whoever is in a league with Smith has a legitimate gripe to take up with the league's commissioner.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 7, 2019
They said considering changes to the state’s civil rights law was too big a policy change to take up with less than a month left in the legislative session.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2015
“Don’t you take up with no woman if her kids is little, Joe.”
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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