Take up (3)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">take up</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for occupy that I've seen before include "Engross" , "Give cursory look over" , "Fill up; hold (a position)" , "Fill space, time or position" , "Inhabit, dwell in" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">take up</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for adopt that I've seen before include "Take responsibility for" , "make one's own" , "Accept as one's own" , "Choose as one's own" , "Start to wear" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">take up</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hem that I've seen before include "Double-backed edge" , "Express hesitation" , "Sewn edge to fabric" , "Part of skirt" , "Border; fringe" .)