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noun • any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom) • the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in | ||||||||
| 36% | 5 | To legally take another person's child and raise it as one's own | ||||||
verb • choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans • take up and practice as one's own • take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect • take into one's family • put into dramatic form • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | ||||||||
| 33% | 14 | People who adopt or pretend to adopt a particular attitude or view | ||||||
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Adopt And Raise Crossword Clue
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TAKEUP which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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TAKEUP
Updated: October 14, 2023
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