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1take someone/thing out — informal kill, destroy, or disable. take someone out Bridge respond to a bid or double by one s partner by bidding a different suit. → take …
2take someone/thing apart — informal forcefully attack or defeat someone or something. → take …
3take someone/thing by surprise — attack or capture someone or something unexpectedly. ↘(take someone by surprise) happen unexpectedly to someone. → surprise …
4give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring — A rhyme used by schoolchildren when someone gives something and then asks for it back. The principle is a very old one; cf. PLATO Philebus 19 E καθάπερ οἱ παῖδες, ὅτι τῶν ὀρθῶς δοθέντων ἀφαίρεσις οὐκ ἔστι, as with children, there is no taking… …
5take someone/thing seriously — regard someone or something as important and worthy of attention. → seriously …
6Take — Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or… …
7take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… …
8take — verb (past took; past participle taken) 1》 reach for and hold with one s hands. 2》 carry or bring with one; convey or guide. ↘remove from a place. ↘subtract. 3》 accept or receive. ↘understand or accept as valid. ↘submit to,… …
9take — see take the goods the gods provide it takes all sorts to make a world you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the boy give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil’s gold ring give and take is fair play …
10thing — n. 1 a material or non material entity, idea, action, etc., that is or may be thought about or perceived. 2 an inanimate material object (take that thing away). 3 an unspecified object or item (have a few things to buy). 4 an act, idea, or… …
