Talk:take on

What about "There, there, don't take on so"? 81.152.72.174 21:54, 3 June 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ with Melville citation. Equinox ◑ 08:51, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

RFV discussion: May–June 2021
Dated slang: to have sex. Unfortunately it doesn't indicate the (in)transitivity. Equinox ◑ 23:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I think I have heard this used transitively. Searching will be difficult.  Vox Sciurorum (talk) 13:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Partially cited. DAVilla 08:28, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Do women also take on men, or is it mostly used the other way around? DAVilla 04:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Are we sure this actually means to have sex? It seems more to be used as, roughly worded, to become involved or to engage with someone else in a romantic or corporal sense. Actually this is very similar to the 3rd sense, "assume or take responsibility for", except that definition doesn't really apply when it's another person. In the right context taking someone on would clearly involve sex, per the 1990 quote or the prostitute taking on a customer. But I don't see that as being integral to the meaning, e.g. A-ha’s “Take On Me”. DAVilla 08:31, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

RFV-failed. The citations were not sufficient to unambiguously justify a separate sexual sense. I have moved them to other definitions as appropriate. Kiwima (talk) 21:14, 23 June 2021 (UTC)