undertaken

• acceded
• accepted
• acquiesced
• adopted
• advocated
• agreed
• assented
• assumed
• backed
• born
• borne
• championed
• consented
• embraced
• endorsed
• espoused
• indorsed
• reaccepted
• reassumed
• shouldered
• stood by
• supported
• taken over
• taken up
• upheld

• abandoned
• abjured
• abnegated
• avoided
• backed down
• backed off
• backtracked
• bypassed
• declined
• detoured
• disavowed
• disclaimed
• disowned
• forborne
• forsaken
• given up
• recanted
• refused
• rejected
• relinquished
• renounced
• repudiated
• retracted
• spurned
• surrendered
• taken back
• turned down
• unsaid
• withdrawn

• verb
  1. To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
  2. To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
  3. To overtake on the wrong side.
  4. To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
  5. To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
  6. To assume, as a character; to take on.
  7. To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
  8. To have knowledge of; to hear.
  9. To have or take charge of.

• The tasks have already been undertaken by the new team.
• Extensive research was undertaken to develop the vaccine.
• Any work undertaken without proper approval may be delayed.
• The renovation was undertaken last year and finished ahead of schedule.
• Safety measures must be undertaken before the machinery is used.

taken over

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