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take awayTo leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.Rate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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take a crack atTo attempt or try.Rate it:

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take offTo absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.Rate it:

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take overTo annex a territory by conquest or invasion.Rate it:

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let nature take its courseTo permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference.Rate it:

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take a breatherTo take a break; to pause or relax briefly.Rate it:

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take a gambleTo risk; to try something risky.Rate it:

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take a licking and keep on tickingTo be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.Rate it:

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take a riskTo do something risky.Rate it:

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take a standTo assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.Rate it:

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take againstTo stop liking someone. Become unfriendly.Rate it:

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

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take backTo regain possession of something.Rate it:

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take backTo retract an earlier statement.Rate it:

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take offTo become successful, to flourish.Rate it:

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take overTo appropriate something without permission.Rate it:

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take overTo buy out the ownership of a business.Rate it:

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take overTo relieve someone temporarily.Rate it:

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take toTo begin, as a new habit or practice.Rate it:

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take upThat which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.Rate it:

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

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take a leap of faithjump into the fray, gather all one's wits and plunge, take courage and step into the unknown:Rate it:

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take prideto be proud of (usually followed by in or of)Rate it:

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take a spinTo go for a ride; especially, to try riding or driving something.Rate it:

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take afterIn appearance or habit.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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take it to the bankSaid to emphasize that something is known for sure.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.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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if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchenIf you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.Rate it:

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take a bowTo accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience.Rate it:

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take a picture, it will last longeran ironic statement said after being stared at for a long time.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 apartTo criticise someone.Rate it:

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take awayTo subtract or diminish something.Rate it:

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take downTo lower an item of clothing without removing it.Rate it:

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

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take downTo remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.Rate it:

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take inTo absorb or comprehend.Rate it:

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

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take inTo shorten or make it smaller.Rate it:

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

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take offTo quantify.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 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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