to require too much of someone else's time; to waste someone's time. (Also with so much of or too much of, as in the examples.) • You're taking up my time. Please go away. • I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take up so much of your time. • This problem is taking up too much of my time.
take up one's abode somewhere
Idiom(s): take up one's abode somewhere
Theme: LIFESTYLE
to settle down and live somewhere. (Formal.) • I took up my abode downtown near my office. • We decided to take up our abode in a warmer climate.
To accede to an action one had made, abnormally one fabricated previously. I'm advancing to boondocks this weekend, so can I booty you up on that additional bedchamber you've offered me in the past?Learn more: on, take, up
take someone up on something
to acquire an action that addition has made. That's a acceptable offer. I'll booty you up on it. Tom took Sue up on her action of dinner.Learn more: on, take, upLearn more:
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