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noun
any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)
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"a take-up that winds photographic film on a spool"

type of:
device
noun
the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
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type of:
tightening

Examples of take up

"take up new ideas"
"take up a matter for consideration"
"take up the slack"