Take and Underwrite

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Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Underwrite is an antonym for take.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Underwrite verb - To provide money for.

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Take is an antonym for underwrite in endorse topic.

Nearby Words: underwriter, underwriting

It was right on a religious fault line, and the British were even willing to underwrite a big chunk of the costs just to get the locals to do something other than take potshots at each other.

Source: The Alleged Car / Real Life

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