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took upon oneself

took upon oneself is the simple past of take upon oneself.

Meaning of take upon oneself

Verb

take upon oneself (third-person singular simple present takes upon oneself, present participle taking upon oneself, simple past took upon oneself, past participle taken upon oneself)

  1. (transitive) To assume personal responsibility for.
    • That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself.

Questions about took upon oneself

What is took upon oneself the simple past of?
Took upon oneself is the simple past of take upon oneself.

Words near took upon oneself in the dictionary

  1. took up the gauntlet
  2. took up the hatchet
  3. took up the mantle
  4. took up the slack
  5. took up with
  6. took upon oneself
  7. took water
  8. took with
  9. tooke
  10. Tookean
  11. tooken

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