Taking up an exam

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The only way I have ever used it is as a synonym for "collect"
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>

Date:         Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:55:57
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Subject:      Re: [ADS-L] Taking up an exam


Never heard it in that sense, but it seems to be a short and straightforward
step from the more general sense of "take up" as 'begin consideration of' [a
subject].

m a m

On 10/13/07, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> I suppose people might say "review", but "go over an exam" is the
> default expression for me in Seattle and I think it's better because it
> actually has the specific meaning that you mention. BB
>
> Geoff Nathan wrote:
> > In discussion late last night among linguists who are both Canadian and
> > American the expression to 'take up an exam' came up (sorry...)
> > Are readers here familiar with the sense 'go over an exam after it has
> > been returned to explain the correct answers'? [...]
>

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