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▸ noun: (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
▸ noun: Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).
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takeup,
insuck,
absorption,
updraw,
tautening,
gripping,
prehension,
indrawing,
inbringing,
grasping,
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