Junk and Take on

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Junk

Junk verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.
Usage example: we'll have to junk this old car
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Take on is an antonym for junk.
Nearby Words: junking, junked, junker, junky, junkie

Take on

Take on verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).
Usage example: recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland
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Junk is an antonym for take on.
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  • There is a whole weapon crafting profession you can take on whereby you can build surprisingly effective weapons from assorted junk and garbage.
    Source: Improbable Weapon User / Video Games
  • Space Is an Ocean This is best highlighted in the episode "Bushwacked" when Kaylee displays a willingness to take on the Alliance single-handedly for daring to call Serenity a junker — Alliance ships are the junk vessels to her because of their (dangerous) lack of engineering logic.
    Source: Space Is an Ocean
  • Film / The Karate Kid (2010) Game-Breaking Injury: "I don't want him beaten; I want him broken" and "Break his leg." Genre Blind: The gang of bullies seem to think they can take on Jackie Chan, the master of improvised fighting, in a yard with random junk strewn all over it?
    Source: Film / The Karate Kid (2010)
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