| Took on |
| Took in |
| Assumed |
| Took up |
| Taken in |
| Taken up |
| Embraced. |
| Given a home |
| Took on or in |
| Like many pets |
| Not biological |
| Took in (child) |
| Voted to accept |
| Took as one's own |
| Taken for one's own |
| Fostered — assumed |
| Got out of a shelter |
| Passed, as legislation |
| Like some cats and dogs |
| Like Steve Jobs and Moses |
| Like a pet dog from a pound |
| Not a part of from the start |
| Brought home, as a shelter dog |
| Like Jane Eyre and Princess Leia |
| Like Clark Kent and Princess Leia |
| Like Clark Kent and Bamm-Bamm Rubble |