Upper-Intermediate 💬 Idioms & Phrasal Verbs · #151 of 182

Phrasal Verb: Take On

to accept responsibility

Examples

  • She took on extra work.

Key rules

  • Take on means accept responsibility or work, or face an opponent
  • It is separable: take on extra work or take extra work on
  • With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: take it on
  • It is used for jobs and challenges

Common mistakes

  • She took extra work on → She took on extra work
💡 Tip: Use "take on" for accepting a challenge or a new project.
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