They take on average seven men a day, six days a week.
"I saw you take on nine men at once."
"Maybe he doesn't want to take on twenty men by himself."
Not many would take on six armed men alone and with no weapons.
J@e already had to take on more men.
Whatever their numbers, they had not been ready to take on forty well-armed men.
"Why, he could take on a dozen armed men all at once and fell them all before a minute was gone!"
A salvage company took on 26 local men and salvaged the timber cargo.
"He could take on six men at a time."
So you must be careful, especially since you have taken on so many new men.