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[ uhn-der-took ] / ˌʌn dərˈtʊk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR undertook ON THESAURUS.COM
verbthe simple past tense of undertake. Words nearby undertookunderthroating, underthrust, undertime, undertint, undertone, undertook, undertow, undertrick, undertrump, underused, underutilize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for undertookWhile in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes. Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015|Movements.Org|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The language was not changed until Northrop Grumman undertook to build the aircraft in Palmdale. Is the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Too Big a Secret?|Bill Sweetman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Only they can stop this nonsense, and it will take an effort as concerted and well-organized as the one they undertook in the 70s. Can Corporate America Break the Radical Right?|Michael Tomasky|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST In order to make some sense of these questions, I undertook a Taxonomy of American Ignorance and Misperceptions. Ignorant America|Tunku Varadarajan|August 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
At his advisers' urging, he undertook a gradual and carefully orchestrated campaign to undo the damage. Tom Cruise's Career Rehab Secrets|Kim Masters|March 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST And I've not only failed in nearly everything I undertook, but I've been a fool besides. A Yankee from the West|Opie Read He was a man of great strength of character, and of marvellous perseverance in all that he undertook. Edward Hoare, M.A.|Edward Hoare The master agreed to the terms offered and undertook the commission readily enough. The Well of Saint Clare|Anatole France He had not seen me before; yet he undertook to answer that captain; and he soon put him to silence. For this small sum she undertook to feed me, to keep me clean, and to send me to a day-school. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
British Dictionary definitions for undertook
verbthe past tense of undertake Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to undertookshoulder, begin, launch, offer, try, initiate, tackle, commence, guarantee, covenant, stake, pledge, devote, move, bargain, stipulate, embark, promise, contract, venture |