Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Take up and act are semantically related. in do something topic. In some cases you can use "Take up" instead a verb "Act".
Take up
Take up verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
Both terms in one sentence
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Ever more heavily augmented cyborg enemies take up much of the second and third acts, replacing the Scary Dogmatic Aliens from act 1 completely by act 3.
Source: Cyborg - A real life example of this trope would be the Sworn Virgins of Albania — women who dress and act like men and who take up male roles in the community.
Source: Why Couldn't You Be Different? -
Take Up My Sword: Tenbu's last act bfore dying is to give Drum his Omni Lord orb.
Source: Anime / Future Card Buddyfight
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