undertook

verb

1. 1

   To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

2. 2

   To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).

   “He undertook to exercise more in future.”

3. 3

   To overtake on the wrong side.

   “I hate people who try and undertake on the motorway.”

4. 4

   To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.

5. 5

   To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

6. 6

   To assume, as a character; to take on.

7. 7

   To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.

8. 8

   To have knowledge of; to hear.

9. 9

   To have or take charge of.