take up with

sich anfreunden mit, sich einlassen mit

Eine enge Freundschaft oder Liebesbeziehung mit jemandem beginnen.

In einfachem Englisch: To start a close friendship or romantic relationship with someone.

• He has taken up with a new crowd.
• She took up with an old friend after the divorce.
• Why did you take up with those people?

So benutzt man es: take up with someone (She took up with a musician from the village.)

Synonyme: befriend, get involved with

Häufige Wendungen: take up with someone, take up with strangers

mit hinaufnehmen

Jemanden oder etwas an einen höher gelegenen Ort mitnehmen, während man selbst dorthin geht.

In einfachem Englisch: To bring someone or something to a higher place while going there yourself.

• Take the box up with you.
• She took her children up with her to the hilltop.
• Can you take these tools up with you?

So benutzt man es: take someone/something up with someone (Take the bags up with you when you go upstairs.)

Synonyme: bring up, carry up

Häufige Wendungen: take something up with someone, take someone up with someone

sich interessieren für

Anfangen, sich für ein Thema, eine Tätigkeit oder eine Idee zu interessieren.

In einfachem Englisch: To begin to feel interested in a subject, activity, or idea.

• She took up with spiritualism.
• As a young man, he took up with radical ideas.
• He had taken up with a new philosophy of life.

So benutzt man es: take up with something (He took up with new ideas about education.)

Synonyme: become interested in

Häufige Wendungen: take up with something, take up with ideas

einziehen bei, wohnen bei

Anfangen, mit jemandem zusammenzuwohnen oder bei ihm Unterkunft zu nehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: To start living in the same home as someone, or staying in their home.

• He took up with a local family.
• She took up with her widowed sister after selling her house.
• They had taken up with relatives in the next village.

So benutzt man es: take up with someone (After leaving home, he took up with his aunt.)

Synonyme: move in with, lodge with

Häufige Wendungen: take up with someone, take up with relatives