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take inTo foster or adopt a child informally.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 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 onTo assume responsibility for.Rate it:

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take onTo attempt to fight or compete.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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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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on the takeCorrupt; receiving bribes or other improper payments.Rate it:

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shut up and take my moneySaid about something that the speaker wants to buy immediately.Rate it:

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take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate it:

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take a bathTo lose a large amount of money in an investment.Rate it:

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take a bathTo bathe.Rate it:

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take a bead onTo aim a gun at something.Rate it:

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take a biteTo eat a quick, light snack.Rate it:

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