take someone seriously

  • 1take someone seriously — take someone/​something seriously phrase to think that someone/​something is important and should be given careful attention Jonathan takes his gardening very seriously. Don’t take everything he says so seriously. Thesaurus: to value something or …

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  • 2take something seriously — take someone/​something seriously phrase to think that someone/​something is important and should be given careful attention Jonathan takes his gardening very seriously. Don’t take everything he says so seriously. Thesaurus: to value something or …

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  • 3take someone or something seriously — take (someone or something) seriously : to treat (someone or something) as being very important and deserving attention or respect He takes his religious faith seriously. She s well qualified for the job, so she hopes the company will take her… …

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  • 4take someone/thing seriously — regard someone or something as important and worthy of attention. → seriously …

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  • 5take someone/something seriously — regard someone or something as important and worthy of attention …

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  • 6take seriously — take (someone or something) seriously : to treat (someone or something) as being very important and deserving attention or respect He takes his religious faith seriously. She s well qualified for the job, so she hopes the company will take her… …

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  • 7take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 …

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  • 8take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids …

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  • 9seriously — se|ri|ous|ly W2S2 [ˈsıəriəsli US ˈsır ] adv 1.) very much or to a great degree seriously ill/injured/damaged etc ▪ Was she seriously hurt? ▪ I m seriously worried about Ben. ▪ Something was seriously wrong . 2.) a) in a way that is not joking,… …

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  • 10seriously — adverb 1 in a serious way: I think it s about time we talked seriously about our relationship. | Is she seriously ill? | I m seriously concerned about Ben. 2 take sb/sth seriously to believe that someone or something is worth paying attention to… …

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