undertake
IPA: ˈʌndɝteɪk
noun
- (Britain, informal) The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
verb
- (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
- (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
- (Britain, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
- (archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
- (obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
- (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.
- (obsolete) To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
- (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.
- (obsolete) To have or take charge of.
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Examples of "undertake" in Sentences
- The Undertaker won the match to end the feud.
- The Undertaker does the triangle choke not the gogoplata.
- It undertakes relief projects on behalf of the underprivileged.
- He tried to put The Undertaker in the casket, but The Undertaker fought back.
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