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take a tiger by the tailLatch-on, accost, challenge, confront someone or something which is dangerous, threatening, vicious, harmful, explosive, oppressive, vindictive.Rate it:

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take a tumbleTo fall off something, or down something.Rate it:

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take apartTo dismantle something into it's component pieces.Rate it:

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take apartTo move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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take awayTo subtract or diminish something.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.Rate it:

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take awayTo prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.Rate it:

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take away fromTo make something seem not so good or interesting.Rate it:

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take backTo regain possession of something.Rate it:

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take backTo return something.Rate it:

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take downTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.Rate it:

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take downTo remove something from a hanging position.Rate it:

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take downTo write a note. Usually to record something that is said.Rate it:

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take fiveTo break something up.Rate it:

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take for a spinTo test or try out something, especially an automobile.Rate it:

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take for grantedTo assume something to be true without verification or proof.Rate it:

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take inTo receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.Rate it:

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take it easyImmediately calm yourself down; your state of panic does not help.Rate it:

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take it or leave itThis phrase is used when something is being proposed. You are being asked to accept or reject it as it is offered, without any changesRate it:

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take it to the bankSaid to emphasize that something is known for sure.Rate it:

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Take Off Your Hat to SomeoneAdmiring or praising someone for significant achievementRate it:

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take off!An order, a sharp command, a desultory admonition, Take Your Leave, now!, Get Lost!, Leave Town!Rate it:

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take on faithTo accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.Rate it:

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take one's timeTo take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.Rate it:

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take one's timeTo go about something slowly and carefully.Rate it:

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take out of contextTo interpret something in a manner in which it was not intended to be understood, often deliberately.Rate it:

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take overTo appropriate something without permission.Rate it:

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take overTo assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.Rate it:

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take overTo become more successful than someone or something else.Rate it:

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take shapeassume a distinct form, develop into something definite or tangible.Rate it:

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Take Someone under Your WingHelping or assisting someoneRate it:

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take something as readto assume that everyone agrees that something is correctRate it:

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take something in one's strideNot to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.Rate it:

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take something in strideTo cope with something without much effort; to accept or manage something well.Rate it:

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take something to the graveTo never reveal a secret to one's death.Rate it:

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take the baitTo accept something offered, especially secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.Rate it:

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take the gilt off the gingerbreadTo take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy the illusion.Rate it:

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take the rapTo be blamed or punished for something, especially for the actions of another.Rate it:

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Take the Words Right Out of Your MouthTo say something that someone else was about to say or even thinking about itRate it:

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take this job and shove ita way of telling your boss that you are quitting your job; something people say before they quit their job or about quitting their jobRate it:

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take to heartTo take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)Rate it:

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take to heartTo feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.Rate it:

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take to something like a duck to waterto adapt to something naturally and effortlesslyRate it:

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take to the matto confront or argue hard for something or until someone wins; all these ways are proper ways to use the phrase: To take someone or something to the mat or to go to the mat for somethingRate it:

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take up withTo be contented to receive; to receive without opposition; to put up with.Rate it:

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Take With a Grain of SaltTo be in a doubt about something; not to believe entirelyRate it:

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takes the wraps offto reveal something hidden or secretRate it:

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talk aboutUsed to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or somethingRate it:

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talk like an apothecaryTo use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.Rate it:

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