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71take something off (someone's) hands — take (someone/something) off (someone s) hands off (someone s) hands if someone or something is off someone s hands, they are not responsible for them any more. I m willing to take the kids off your hands for a few hours, if you need me to …
72take something on faith — take (someone/something) on faith to believe someone or something without proof. You will have to take it on faith that the information I am asking for is really important …
73take something out of context — take/quote/something out of context phrase to use only part of something that someone said, so that the original meaning is changed What I said has been taken completely out of context by the media. Thesaurus: to say something again, or to repeat …
74take something in hand — take (someone/something) in hand to start to deal with someone or something that is causing problems. Their youngest child needs taking in hand, if you ask me …
75take something out — take (someone/something) out to kill a person or group. With automatic fire, you can take out a whole enemy squad …
76take something by storm — take (someone/something) by storm to be suddenly and extremely successful. The Beatles took the US by storm in the early 1960s …
77take something for a walk — take someone/something for a walk phrase to walk with a person or animal Chris took the dog for a walk after work. Thesaurus: to walk, or to walk in a particular waysynonym Main entry: walk …
78take something out on somebody — ˌtake it/sth ˈout on sb derived to behave in an unpleasant way towards sb because you feel angry, disappointed, etc, although it is not their fault • OK, so you had a bad day. Don t take it out on me. • She tended to take her frustrations out on… …
79take something over from somebody — ˌtake ˈover (from sb) | ˌtake sthˈover (from sb) derived 1. to begin to have control of or responsibility for sth, especially in place of sb else 2. to gain control of a political party, a country, etc • The army is threatening to take over if… …
80take something from the top — ˌtake sth from the ˈtop idiom (informal) to go back to the beginning of a song, piece of music, etc. and repeat it • OK, everybody, let s take it from the top. Main entry: ↑topidiom …
