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31took to heart — took it personally, was excited about it, blew it out of proportion …
32took up the gauntlet — took the control that was given him, realized that he must make the next move …
33Took clan — In J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium, the Took clan was one of the most famous Hobbit families. ( Took pronounced like Two k , not like book or took as in the past tense of taken )The first recorded Took ( Tûk of unknown meaning in… …
34Took — Take 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 …
35TOOK — past of TAKE. * * * Etymology: Middle English (past), from Old English tōc (past) past or dialect past part of take * * * /took/, v. 1. pt. of take. 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of …
36Took (surname) — People with the surname Took:* Steve Peregrin Took, British rockstar * Barry Took, English comedianIn fiction:* The Tooks, a clan of hobbits in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, including Peregrin Took, a character in the The Lord of the Rings… …
37Took (The Wire episode) — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Took episode no = 57 epigraph = They don t teach it in law school. Pearlman teleplay = Richard Price story = David Simon and Richard Price writer = director = Dominic West guest star = see below… …
38Took, Barry — ▪ 2003 British stand up comic and comedy writer (b. June 19, 1928, London, Eng. d. March 31, 2002, London), wrote zany, anarchic comedy shows for BBC radio and television including Round the Horne, Educating Archie, The Army Game, Bootsie… …
39took into his own hands — became active, took responsibility, took command …
40Took — Recorded as Toke, Took, Tuck, Tuke, and the diminutives Tookey, Tuckie and Tuckey, this interesting and most unusual surname is English but ultimately of pre 7th century Viking origins. It derives from the personal name Tuke, itself claimed to be …
