Engaging and Taking on

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Engaging adjective - Having an often mysterious or magical power to attract.

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Taking on and engaging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taking on" instead a noun "Engaging".

Nearby Words: engage, engaged, engagement, engagingly

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Engaging and taking on are semantically related. You can use "Engaging" instead a noun phrase "Taking on".

The chapter that then follows is the author engaging in metafictional musing on how his characters seem to be taking on lives of their own, independent of his attempts to control the narrative.

Source: Literature / The French Lieutenant's Woman
In Space Battleship Yamato, Admiral Gideon fills this role taking on the Comet Empire's main space fleet while the Hero's ship is engaging a smaller task force.

Source: Supporting Leader

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