Make and Take on

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Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

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

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

Ironic Echo: "I can make you squeal." In Beanjamish's take on the last round, it's first said by the leader of the angry spirit army to Huitzi when trying to make him talk.

Source: Web Original / Burning Avalon
If Little Mac can make it to the champion without a single loss, he'll get a chance to take on an opponent who boasts a very similar record.

Source: Video Game / Punch-Out!!
Later, Gamma Constrictor altered reality to make himself a god-king, perhaps intending to take on Seanet after squashing what was left of the Zoofighters.

Source: Literature / Zoofights

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