Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

take on water

To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.
64 Views
“

The skipper, Matt Craughwell, said their boat had begun to take on water after being tossed, stern upwards, by huge waves.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'take on water':

take on waterTo be in an increasingly difficult or risky situation; to falter or begin to fail.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the take on water phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to take on water

take offtake one's tongue out of someone's asstake offtake one's timeTake Off Your Hat to Someonetake one's lumpstake on the chintake one's eye off the balltake on faithtake ontake ontake one's timetake one's ball and go hometake out an onion

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this take on water phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this take on water definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "take on water." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/take-on-water_26652>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Phew! We got there in the ________ of time!
    A click
    B dint
    C cusp
    D nick

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ