End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Taking up
Both terms in one sentence
- Stephen Colbert taking up the mantle is another, since it meant the end of The Colbert Report after a decade of dominating the news pundit scene in its unique parody way.
Source: End of an Age -
The Baby Trap: It looks bad for Mark initially, but the committment to his son doesn't end up taking up as much time as first thought.
Source: Series / Peep Show -
Which was the reason he initially objected to her taking up Kyokugenryu, and is also the reason he and their father won't let Robert near her, which annoys her to no end.
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