undertook

At his advisers' urging, he undertook a gradual and carefully orchestrated campaign to undo the damage.

And I've not only failed in nearly everything I undertook, but I've been a fool besides.

He was a man of great strength of character, and of marvellous perseverance in all that he undertook.

The master agreed to the terms offered and undertook the commission readily enough.

He had not seen me before; yet he undertook to answer that captain; and he soon put him to silence.

For this small sum she undertook to feed me, to keep me clean, and to send me to a day-school.