Question

The following are the meaning listed in the dictionary against the phrase `take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
Take on sth: to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth
take sb on: to employ sb; to engage sb
to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game,contest or conflict
Take sb/sth on: to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board

Answer 1

ANSWER :

Lines from the Third paragraph are as follows:

"We took on two crewmen - American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler - to help us tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, the southern Indian ocean."

In the third paragraph took on means TO ENGAGE ,TO EMPLOY SOMEONE.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Lines from the Third paragraph are as follows:

"We took on two crewmen - American Larry Vigil and Swiss Herb Seigler - to help us tackle one of the world’s roughest seas, the southern Indian ocean."

In the third paragraph took on means TO ENGAGE ,TO EMPLOY SOMEONE