take up abode



take up one's abode

some place to make some place one's home. I am going to take up my abode in a different city. I will take up my abode in this place and hope to find a job close by.
See also: abode, take, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gobnet-Irish
Gerlindeger-LIN-də (German), kher-LIN-də (Dutch)German, Dutch
HeadleyHED-leeEnglish (Rare)
Cornellkawr-NELEnglish
Col-Medieval English
Manfredo-Italian