UNDERTAKE, UNDERTAKING
NOUNS
1481 — BEGINNING an undertaking → obs.
1616 — ADVENTRY an adventure; an enterprise or undertaking → obs.
PHRASES
1905 — EVERY KNIFE OF HIS’N HAS A GOLDEN HAFT everything he undertakes turns out well → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
..971 — ONFANG to undertake → obs.
1175 — FANG to promise, to resolve, to undertake → obs.
..17C — RUN AFTER TWO HARES to undertake too many things
1658 — HAVE TWO HARES AFOOT to undertake too many things → obs.
1878 — BITE OFF MORE THAN ONE CAN CHEW to undertake too much, to be too ambitious → orig. US
1898 — ATTACK to undertake → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RAP AT A VENTURE to embark upon an undertaking; to do it expeditiously → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TAKE THROUGH HANDS to undertake → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1967 — CHEW to undertake and carry through a job, etc. → Amer. dial.