Not there
Taken up
Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- absorbed and not there
- absorbed and taken up
- heedless and not there
- heedless and taken up
- absent and not there
- absent and taken up
- preoccupied and not there
- preoccupied and taken up
- abstracted and not there
- abstracted and taken up
- distracted and not there
- distracted and taken up
- oblivious and not there
- oblivious and taken up
Both terms in one sentence
- Sometimes, after a while, the chaser will then stop and become confused about where the person he was chasing went to, though it can be taken Up to Eleven if the chaser is so dumb that he will still continue the chase, not realizing the the person he was chasing is not there anymore.
Source: Gone Behind the Bend
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