What are the opposite words for take up?
Antonyms for the phrase "take up" include "give up," "abandon," "leave," "discard," and "surrender." These words imply the act of relinquishing or letting go of something, which is the complete opposite of taking up. "Give up" suggests yielding or conceding while "abandon" suggests leaving something behind permanently. "Leave" means departing from a place or thing. "Discard" implies getting rid of an object or idea that is no longer needed. Lastly, "surrender" implies the act of yielding to an opposing force or authority. These antonyms for "take up" should be used according to the context of the sentence.
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relinquish
- lay aside,
- swear off,
- kiss goodbye,
- retire from,
- take the pledge,
- dis card,
- dis carded,
- dis carding,
- dis cards,
- dis-card,
- dis-carded,
- dis-carding,
- dis-cards,
- drop like hot potato,
- dropped like hot potato,
- dropping like hot potato,
- drops like hot potato,
- dropt like hot potato,
- kissed good bye,
- kissed good-bye,
- kissed goodbye,
- kisses good bye,
- kisses good-bye,
- kisses goodbye,
- kissing good bye,
- kissing good-bye,
- kissing goodbye,
- laid aside,
- laying aside,
- quit cold turkey,
- quits cold turkey,
- quitted cold turkey,
- quitting cold turkey,
- retired from,
- retires from,
- retiring from,
- stand down,
- standing down,
- stands down,
- stood down,
- sur rendered,
- sur rendering,
- sur renders,
- sur-render,
- sur-rendered,
- sur-rendering,
- sur-renders,
- sware off,
- swearing off,
- swears off,
- swore off,
- take oath,
- take pledge,
- take the oath,
- takes pledge,
- takes the pledge,
- taking oath,
- taking pledge,
- taking the oath,
- taking the pledge,
- took oath,
- took pledge,
- took the oath,
- took the pledge,
- with draw,
- with drawing,
- with drawn,
- with draws,
- with drew,
- with-draw,
- with-drawing,
- with-drawn,
- with-drew.
- act
- attack
- address
- blot
-
kick
- dropkick,
- punting,
- Calcitrate,
- Fussed,
- Fussing,
- punted,
- calcitrated,
- calcitrates,
- calcitrating,
- go cold turkey,
- dropkicked,
- dropkicking,
- dropkicks,
- ex cept,
- ex postulate,
- ex postulated,
- ex postulates,
- ex postulating,
- ex-cept,
- ex-postulate,
- ex-postulated,
- ex-postulates,
- ex-postulating,
- gave foot,
- gave the foot,
- give foot,
- give the foot,
- gives foot,
- gives the foot,
- giving foot,
- giving the foot,
- goes cold turkey,
- going cold turkey,
- pro tested,
- pro testing,
- pro-tested,
- pro-testing,
- re pine,
- re pined,
- re-pine,
- re-pined,
- re-pines,
- re-pining,
- went cold turkey,
- with stand,
- with standing,
- with stands,
- with stood,
- with-stand,
- with-standing,
- with-stands.
- take up
- adopt
-
arrest
- Gaffed,
- Gaffing,
- gloms,
- glommed,
- gaffs,
- tabbed,
- tabbing,
- take prisoner,
- de tain,
- de tains,
- de-tain,
- de-tains,
- put arm on,
- put cuffs on,
- put the cuffs on,
- puts arm on,
- puts cuffs on,
- puts the arm on,
- puts the cuffs on,
- putting arm on,
- putting cuffs on,
- putting the arm on,
- putting the cuffs on,
- taking prisoner,
- took prisoner,
- toss jail,
- tossed in jail,
- tossed jail,
- tosses in jail,
- tosses jail,
- tossing in jail,
- tossing jail,
- tost in jail,
- tost jail.
- assimilate
- assume
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drop
- adios,
- beaded,
- beading,
- cave in,
- give up,
- nose dive,
- part with,
- plummet,
- plumping,
- wash out,
- Plumped,
- Re sign,
- Snowed,
- Snowing,
- parting with,
- parts with,
- nose-dived,
- nose-dives,
- nose-diving,
- plumps,
- dust off,
- part from,
- caving in,
- have done with,
- adiosed,
- adioses,
- adiosing,
- am alienated from,
- are alienated from,
- art alienated from,
- be alienated from,
- being alienated from,
- caved in,
- caves in,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de press,
- de pressed,
- de presses,
- de pressing,
- de scend,
- de scended,
- de scending,
- de scends,
- de sert,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-press,
- de-pressed,
- de-presses,
- de-pressing,
- de-scend,
- de-scended,
- de-scending,
- de-scends,
- de-sert,
- dis continue,
- dis continued,
- dis continues,
- dis continuing,
- dis missed,
- dis missing,
- dis owned,
- dis owning,
- dis till,
- dis tilled,
- dis tilling,
- dis tills,
- dis-continue,
- dis-continued,
- dis-continues,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-missed,
- dis-missing,
- dis-owned,
- dis-owning,
- dis-till,
- dis-tilled,
- dis-tilling,
- dis-tills,
- dusted off,
- dusting off,
- dusts off,
- eighty six,
- forgat about,
- forget about,
- forgets about,
- forgetting about,
- forgot about,
- had done with,
- haddest done with,
- hadst done with,
- has done with,
- hast done with,
- hath done with,
- having done with,
- is alienated from,
- nose dived,
- nose dives,
- nose diving,
- nose dove,
- nose-dive,
- nose-dove,
- nosedived,
- nosediving,
- nosedove,
- parted from,
- parted with,
- parting from,
- parts from,
- re lease,
- re leases,
- re signed,
- re signing,
- re signs,
- re-lease,
- re-leased,
- re-leases,
- re-signed,
- re-signs,
- top pled,
- top-pled,
- un load,
- un loaded,
- un loading,
- un loads,
- un-load,
- un-loading,
- un-loads,
- was alienated from,
- washed out,
- washes out,
- washing out,
- wast alienated from,
- waste one,
- wasted one,
- wastes one,
- wasting one,
- were alienated from,
- wert alienated from.
- take into authorized custody
-
fall in globules
- drop.
-
hit with foot
- kick.
- give up, let go
- begin or start again
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Other antonyms
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abnegate,
- abort,
- bear,
- bring,
- call off,
- cancel,
- cast out,
- connect,
- deny,
- depress,
- descend,
- dip,
- discard,
- disgorge,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- distract,
- drive,
- drop,
- eject,
- emanate,
- emit,
- evolve,
- exhale,
- expel,
- expire,
- exude,
- fall,
- fill,
- forsake,
- free,
- give,
- give out,
- hand,
- irradiate,
- jettison,
- junk,
- lower,
- part with,
- pitch,
- plunge,
- press,
- push,
- radiate,
- refuse,
- relinquish,
- remove,
- renounce,
- rescind,
- return,
- revoke,
- send out,
- serve,
- sink,
- slip,
- spurn,
- submerge,
- surrender,
- take,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- vent,
- vomit,
- throw off,
- put forth,
- cry off.
Antonym of the day
most elbow-to-elbow
- Antonyms:
- deserted, empty, imprecise.
