Usually means: Assume responsibility, role, or challenge.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word take on:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. take on: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. take on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take on: Vocabulary.com
  4. take-on: Wordnik
  5. take on: Wiktionary
  6. take on: Dictionary.com
  7. take on: Rhymezone
  8. take on: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. take on: Free Dictionary
  10. take on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. take on: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take on: Legal dictionary
  2. take on: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take on: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. take on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. take on: Urban Dictionary
  3. Take on: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (take on)

verb:  To acquire, bring in, or introduce.
verb:  To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
verb:  (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit.
verb:  (idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for.
verb:  (idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with.
verb:  (soccer) To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player).
verb:  (intransitive, colloquial) To catch on, do well; to become popular.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone).
verb:  (intransitive, UK, military) To enlist into military service.

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