to take something very hard
1take something hard — phrase to be very upset by something He took it very hard when his wife died last year. Thesaurus: to be, or to become sad, regretful or upsetsynonym Main entry: hard * * * take sth ˈhard idiom to be very upset by sth …
2take a long, hard look at something — take a long, hard look at (something) to examine something very carefully in order to improve it in the future. We need to take a long, hard look at the way we control gun ownership …
3take a long, hard look at — (something) to examine something very carefully in order to improve it in the future. We need to take a long, hard look at the way we control gun ownership …
4take a long hard look at something — take a long hard look at someone/something phrase to think about a problem or issue very carefully in order to find out what is wrong or to find a better way of dealing with it We should take a long hard look at the way we deal with refugees in… …
5take a long hard look at someone — take a long hard look at someone/something phrase to think about a problem or issue very carefully in order to find out what is wrong or to find a better way of dealing with it We should take a long hard look at the way we deal with refugees in… …
6take a long (hard) look at something — take a long (cool/hard) ˈlook at sth idiom to consider a problem or possibility very carefully and without hurrying • We need to take a long hard look at all the options. Main entry: ↑longidiom …
7take something hard — to be very upset by something He took it very hard when his wife died last year …
8take (great) pains to (do something) — to try very hard to do something. We took great pains to insure that no one felt left out. Related vocabulary: go to great lengths to do something …
9take a long (cool) look at something — take a long (cool/hard) ˈlook at sth idiom to consider a problem or possibility very carefully and without hurrying • We need to take a long hard look at all the options. Main entry: ↑longidiom …
10hard — hard1 W1S1 [ha:d US ha:rd] adj comparative harder superlative hardest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(firm to touch)¦ 2¦(difficult)¦ 3¦(work/effort)¦ 4¦(full of problems)¦ 5 be hard on somebody 6 be hard on something 7 do something the hard way …
