Shorten Sth Meaning Piece Clothing Curtain Make Size

Meaning: to shorten a piece of clothing or a curtain to make it the right size

• take sth up These jeans are a bit too long. Could you take them up for me?
  
  
• take up sth I have to take up the new curtains in the bedroom.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with take up (3): trousers, jeans, pants, dress, skirt, curtains, drapes