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  • 101take turns (or Brit. take it in turns) — (of two or more people) do something one after the other. → turn …

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  • 102take care of someone — take care of (someone/something) 1. to be responsible for someone or something. Our parents spent a lot of time taking care of us when we were young. My mother in law fell and could not take care of herself anymore. My wife takes care of paying… …

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  • 103take care of something — take care of (someone/something) 1. to be responsible for someone or something. Our parents spent a lot of time taking care of us when we were young. My mother in law fell and could not take care of herself anymore. My wife takes care of paying… …

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  • 104take care of — (someone/something) 1. to be responsible for someone or something. Our parents spent a lot of time taking care of us when we were young. My mother in law fell and could not take care of herself anymore. My wife takes care of paying the bills. 2.… …

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  • 105take to doing something — take to (doing something) to start doing something regularly. She s taken to walking along the beach after work. After he retired, he took to working in the local schools as a volunteer …

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  • 106take to — (doing something) to start doing something regularly. She s taken to walking along the beach after work. After he retired, he took to working in the local schools as a volunteer …

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  • 107take turns doing something — take turns (doing something) to do something one person after another. The mothers in our group take turns driving the children to school. When they play on the swings, we try to make sure the kids take turns …

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  • 108take turns — (doing something) to do something one person after another. The mothers in our group take turns driving the children to school. When they play on the swings, we try to make sure the kids take turns …

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  • 109take leave of someone — old fashioned phrase to say goodbye to someone Thesaurus: goodbyes and to say goodbyehyponym ways of saying hellosynonym Main entry: leave * * * take leave of someone (or …

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  • 110take into your hands — take (something) into your (own) hands : to take control of something The judge had no sympathy for people who insisted on taking the law into their own hands. [=trying to punish criminals themselves instead of allowing the legal system to do it] …

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