If you are taken up with something, it keeps you busy or fully occupied.
His mind was wholly taken up with the question.
PHRASAL VERB : be V-ed P P n
If you are taken up with something, it keeps you busy or fully occupied.
His mind was wholly taken up with the question.
PHRASAL VERB : be V-ed P P n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006