Hobby Sth Meaning Start Playing Sport Job Pursuing

Meaning: to start doing something new like playing a sport, doing a job, or pursuing a hobby

• take sth up Joe's a great musician. He took it up as a hobby when he was a kid, but now he makes his living from music.
  
  
• take up sth Recovering drug addicts should take up team sports, like basketball or volleyball.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with take up (2): jogging, bowling, photography, position, post