Answer and Take on

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

Take on and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take on" instead a verb "Answer".

Take on

Take on verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

Answer and take on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Take on".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / Family Feud Grant Denyer takes a different path on this, usually acting out the weirder responses to questions, which matches the home viewers (and the audience's) take on that answer.
  • When done well, it presents to the player a moral dilemma with no clear right answer, ideally preceded by arguments for and against each position they can take on it.
  • Unicorn When they choose to answer a summons (which requires a virgin to carry out the request), they can take on various forms, such as how medieval artists depicted them, as a young boy or girl in white robes, as a burning bush, or as a white bird.
    Source: Unicorn
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