take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
| adopt |
|
| embrace |
|
| espouse |
|
| sweep up |
|
sample sentences
"She embraced Catholicism""They adopted the Jewish faith"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form