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  • 71take a jump — take a (running) jump spoken phrase used for telling someone rudely to go away Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go awaysynonym Main entry: jump …

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  • 72take a pew — british spoken phrase used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you Thesaurus: in a sitting positionsynonym Main entry: pew …

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  • 73take dictation — to write down the words that someone says so that they can be used in a letter, report, etc. Her secretary s very good at taking dictation. • • • Main Entry: ↑dictation …

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  • 74(take to something) like a duck to water — (take to sth) like a ˌduck to ˈwater idiom (to become used to sth) very easily, without any problems or fears • She has taken to teaching like a duck to water. Main entry: ↑duckidiom …

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  • 75take a pew! — ˌtake a ˈpew! idiom (BrE, informal, humorous) used to tell sb to sit down Main entry: ↑pewidiom …

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  • 76take — 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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  • 77take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… …

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  • 78take — 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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  • 79take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …

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  • 80Take Me Out (song) — Infobox Single Name = Take Me Out Artist = Franz Ferdinand from Album = Franz Ferdinand Released = January 12, 2004 Format = 7 vinyl, 12 vinyl, CD, DVD Recorded = 2003 Genre = Indie rock, Disco Punk [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track… …

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