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ENTER UPON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take possession of

Example:

She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives

Synonyms:

come upon; enter upon; luck into

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "enter upon" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

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