undertake

Meanings

1. To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
2. To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
3. To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
4. To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
5. To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
6. To assume, as a character; to take on.
7. To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.
8. To have knowledge of; to hear.
9. To have or take charge of.

1. The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.

Etymology

From Middle English undertaken; equivalent to under- + take (after undernim).