'taking the onus' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to indicate that someone has accepted responsibility or a burden. For example, "The manager decided to take the onus of apologizing to the client for the mistake."
To win, they will likely need to establish their ground game – as they did en route to victory in New Orleans a fortnight ago – taking the onus off Jameis Winston.
Taking the onus off his guitar playing dilutes Mr. Banhart's talent, and sometimes "Cripple Crow" makes of him what some people perhaps want him to be: a simulacrum of an obscure 1960's musician, a maker of albums that were so rare they never existed.
Although Mr. Gatti favored leaving the monument with no plaque, he recommended deleting three words from the current version: "and 150,000 dead". The commission agreed, and also added a phrase attributing the decline of the Indian population to European contact, taking the onus off the church.
AI/ML can be used to ensure that valuable human resources are optimally utilized: this is done by outsourcing the onerous grunt work to the machines and taking the onus off the human beings for routine things (that the machines can do more efficiently).
Actual athletes and coaches taking the onus to create a more inclusive environment.
I invite you to join in taking the onus from the word and stepping into a new era with alpha men and women who follow this road.
That takes the onus off me here.
It's important to back yourself, that's my speciality, you have to take the onus.
Mets Manager Bobby Valentine took the onus off closers and said blown saves that happen before the ninth are more troubling.
Your colleagues need to take the onus to do a clear handoff to you of responsibilities while they're away.
It merely takes the onus off the rest of society to seriously consider what we can all do to prevent sexual violence.
