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take up with (one) take up with (one)To form a close relationship with or begin to associate or keep company with one. Often used in reference to an unsavory or untrustworthy person or group of people. He was a great student until he took up with a group of troublemakers and ended up getting expelled.See also: take, uptake up with someoneto become close with someone; to become friends with someone. I think that Albert may have taken up with the wrong people. I did not want Lefty to take up with Max, but he did, and look where it's gotten him.See also: take, uptake up withBegin to associate with, consort with, as in She took up with a fast crowd. [Early 1600s] See also: take, up take up with Informal To begin to associate with; consort with: took up with a fast crowd.See also: take, up |