To accept or take on an obligation or liability.
To accept blame, punishment, or accountability for something within one's role or chain of command, especially when a leader protects the subordinates who caused the problem.
To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).
To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.
To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.