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take up with

Idioms  
  1. Begin to associate with, consort with, as in She took up with a fast crowd. [Early 1600s]


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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

“That is an issue to take up with those who prepared it.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2017

“This, my dear, is something you should take up with your father. All I’ll say is—I just want him to be happy. I know I’m not the right person for him.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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