Take up
Take up verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).
Usage example: one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
Both terms in one sentence
- Throwing knives in Mount & Blade require no skill in throwing to use and take up 1 of your 4 weapon slot (opposed to a bow/crossbows 1 another for ammo) but do poor damage.
Source: Ranged Emergency Weapon -
Ranged Emergency Weapon: Throwing knives require no skill in throwing to use and take up only one of your four weapon slots (opposed to the two taken up by a bow or crossbow and its ammo) but do poor damage.
Source: Video Game / Mount & Blade -
Also shown in that many of the students give up their own family's style to take up Reunions, which is far easier to use and train with, rather than master their own intricate and hard to use styles.
Source: Manhwa / Veritas
Cite this Source
Use and Take up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/take_up/use
Take up & Use. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/take_up/use>.
Use or Take up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/take_up/use.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "take up" and "use" have occurred on timeline