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21take something with a grain/pinch of salt — take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt informal : to not completely believe (something) : to be doubtful about the truth or accuracy of (something) He seems confident, but you should take what he says with a grain of salt. • • • Main Entry:… …
22take (something) away from someone — take (something) away from (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away… …
23take (something) away from — (someone/something) to reduce the praise earned by a person or group. She did a lot to help people, and no one should ever try to take that away from her. We made some mistakes, but I don t want to take anything away from Iowa State they played a …
24take (something) in (your) stride — to calmly deal with something unpleasant and not let it have a bad effect on you. There s plenty of work to do, but she seems to take it all in her stride. Cooper has learned to take such criticism in stride …
25take (something) into (your) own hands — to deal with something yourself. Many people are starting to take privacy protection into their own hands. Mike s mother wouldn t call the doctor, so Mike took matters into his own hands and did it for her. Related vocabulary: take the law into… …
26take something as it comes — phrase to not worry about something before it happens and deal with it calmly when it does happen We’re just taking each day as it comes. Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym Main entry: come * * * take sth as it ˈcomes |… …
27take something as given — take (something) as given : to regard or accept (something) as true or real I think we can take their support as given. = I think we can take (it) as given that they will support us. [=I think we can assume that they will support us] • • • Main… …
28take something personally — take something to heart, take something as a personal insult …
29take something as it comes — take (something) as it comes to deal with something as it happens and not plan for it. At my age you take every day as it comes …
30take something with a grain of salt — take (something) with a grain of salt to consider something to be not completely true or right. I ve read the article, which I take with a grain of salt. Related vocabulary: hard to swallow Etymology: based on the idea that food tastes better and …
