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Takeup
The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
📖 Definitions of "Takeup"
noun
- 1
The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
- 2
(machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
- 3
Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).
"the take-up of benefits by the unemployed"
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