undertake

/ˌʌndətˈe‍ɪk/

/ˈəndɝˌteɪk/

[verb]

to undertake

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to take responsibility for something and start to do it

synonyms : attempt

set about

to accept or promise to do something particular

synonyms : guarantee

accept as a challenge

synonyms : tackle

take on

accept as a charge

synonyms : take in charge

*** catch up with and pass (another vehicle) while travelling on the inside

synonyms : catch up

overtake

Examples

1. When supplies ran low during the mountaineering expedition, the climbers realized that hunger breaks stone walls and undertook increasingly dangerous descents to forage for food.

2. These young militants undertake a war on bourgeois specialists.

3. And so the administration undertook an extensive review.

4. And so the administration undertook a review.