Support
Take up
Take up verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
Both terms in one sentence
- It played more akin to a traditional MMORPG, with a seamless and persistent world that could support thousands of players at once, five races to play as, and multiple crafts to take up.
Source: Even Better Sequel / Video Games -
This job, however hard he works at it, is not enough by itself to support his family, so several of the other members, like Ona's cousin Marija Berczynskas and his brother-in-law Stanislovas (who is only a child), must take up work as well.
Source: Literature / The Jungle -
As if this weren't bad enough, Homer's father is injured in a mining accident, and now Homer must leave school and take up the work in order to support the family, leaving him with no time to help prove that the forest fire was not their fault.
Source: Film / October Sky
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