take up an offer

  • 1offer — of|fer1 W1S1 [ˈɔfə US ˈo:fər, ˈa: ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: offrir, from Latin offerre, from ferre to carry ] 1.) [T] to ask someone if they would like to have something, or to hold something out to them so that they can take it …

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  • 2offer*/*/*/ — [ˈɒfə] verb [T] I 1) to let someone know that you will give them something or do something for them if they want it They haven t offered me the job yet.[/ex] He had offered cocaine to an undercover police officer.[/ex] Thank you for offering to… …

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  • 3take up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career. [V P n (not pron)] He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport... [V P n (not pron)]… …

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  • 4take sth up — UK US take sth up Phrasal Verb with take({{}}/teɪk/ verb [T] (took, taken) ► to fill an amount of space or time: »Getting his business started has taken up all his time. ► to start doing a new job or activity: »She takes up her new post on… …

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  • 5take back — {v.} To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. * /I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it./ * /I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth./ …

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  • 6take back — {v.} To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. * /I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it./ * /I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth./ …

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  • 7take\ back — v To change or deny something offered, promised, or stated; admit to making a wrong statement. I take back my offer to buy the house now that I ve had a good look at it. I want you to take back the unkind things you said about Kenneth …

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  • 8take someone up on — 1. To accept someone s offer or challenge with respect to 2. To challenge someone over (a statement, point, etc) • • • Main Entry: ↑take * * * 1) accept (an offer or challenge) from someone I d like to take you up on that offer 2) challenge or… …

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  • 9offer — [n] proposal, suggestion action, attempt, bid, endeavor, essay, feeler*, hit*, overture, pass*, pitch*, presentation, proposition, propoundment, rendition, submission, tender; concepts 66,67,278 Ant. refusal, taking, withdrawal offer [v1] present …

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  • 10offer — vb Offer, proffer, tender, present, prefer can all mean to lay, set, or put something before another for acceptance. Offer, the most common of these words, frequently implies a putting before one something which may be accepted or rejected {there …

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