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

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take inTo absorb or comprehend.Rate it:

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take inTo shorten or make it smaller.Rate it:

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take inTo foster or adopt a child informally.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take offTo quantify.Rate it:

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take offTo imitate, often in a satirical manner.Rate it:

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take onTo attempt to fight or compete.Rate it:

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take onTo assume responsibility for.Rate it:

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take out the trashTo forcefully remove people from a place.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 shadow for the substanceTo be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.Rate it:

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take uponTo take charge of an item of business, or an obligation, as a personal initiative.Rate it:

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you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:

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take a bulletto sacrifice oneself for another; to put oneself in harm's way in place of anotherRate it:

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take offTo depart.Rate it:

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take offlineDiscuss a sensitive or highly specific topic individually or in a small group away from a larger groupRate it:

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take a dirt napTo die.Rate it:

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take abackTo surprise or shock; to discomfit.Rate it:

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take it up the assTo be the recipient of anal sex.Rate it:

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take overTo adopt a further responsibility or duty.Rate it:

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Take a BackseatTo be at a secondary position or to be at a level of inferiority as compared to someone elseRate it:

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take afterTo follow someone's example.Rate it:

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take aimTo position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')Rate it:

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take it or leave itAccept the proposal or proposition as it is stated or refuse the deal.Rate it:

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take it up the assTo be cheated or treated unfairly.Rate it:

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take one's ball and go homeTo cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.Rate it:

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take the bitter with the sweetTo accept positive things with negative things.Rate it:

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take it like a manTo respond to pain, hardship, adversity, or emotional distress in a collected, aggressive, and typical or stereotypical masculine manner, especially without question, crying, complaining, or becoming emotionalRate it:

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please take it down a notch or two!Your objections are expressed in strong tones of violence!Rate it:

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take a ganderTo take a look; to check or examine.Rate it:

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take a grabUsed other than as an idiom: see take, grab.Rate it:

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take a napto sleep brieflyRate it:

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take it outsideTo take a fight to a more violent level, especially by moving it to an outside place.Rate it:

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take no prisonersTo be uncompromising.Rate it:

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

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take the hintConcede to mounting evidence; wake up and smell the coffee.Rate it:

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take to the cleanersTo take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through gambling, unfavorable investing, fraud, litigation, etc.Rate it:

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take up a collectionTo request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.Rate it:

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all students take calculusA mnemonic for the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The initial letters ASTC — for all, sine, tangent, cosine — signify which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.Rate it:

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devil take the hindmostAn imprecation that everyone should look after their own interests, leaving those who cannot cope to whatever fate befalls them.Rate it:

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Don't Take Any Wooden NickelsDon't allow anybody deceive you or take advantage of youRate it:

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don't take any wooden nickelsDo not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.Rate it:

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give and takeA process of compromise or accommodation.Rate it:

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give or takeApproximately; plus or minus some unknown amount.Rate it:

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give someone an inch and someone will take a mileIf concessions are made for someone, that will embolden them to take further advantage of the person who helped them, instead of being content with what they have been given.Rate it:

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go take a jump in the lake!a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.Rate it:

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i take itlike saying "I conclude that..."; used to indicate one's rendering of another's action.Rate it:

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if you can't take it, don't dish it outdon't say or do something you wouldn't want said or done to youRate it:

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on the takeCorrupt; receiving bribes or other improper payments.Rate it:

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