S? c?m, s? n?m, s? l?y

Ch?u, m? (s? lu?ng san du?c, câu du?c, b?t du?c)

a great take of fish

m? cá l?n

S? ti?n thu du?c, s? ti?n nh?n du?c (trong bu?i hoà nh?c, di?n k?ch.. do bán vé mà có)

(di?n ?nh) chu?i c?nh c?a phim quay li?n m?t l?n không ng?ng máy quay l?i

C?m, n?m, gi?, l?y

he took her in his arms and kissed her

anh ta ôm cô ?y trong tay và hôn cô ?y

L?y nh?m; l?y m?t

someone has taken my gloves

ai dó dã l?y cái gang tay c?a tôi

Chi?m du?c, b?t du?c

to be taken in the act

b? b?t qu? tang

to take a fortress

chi?m m?t pháo dài

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) tr? vào; tr? di, trích ra

if you take five from twelve you're left with seven

l?y 12 tr? di 5, anh s? còn l?i 7

Mang, mang theo, dem, dem theo, dem di; dem v?i

take this letter to the post

hãy mang b?c thu này ra buu di?n

take your father this glass of water

bung lên cho b? con c?c nu?c này

Dua, d?n, d?t

I'll take the children for a walk

Tôi s? d?n b?n tr? con di choi

Di b?ng (phuong ti?n gì)

to take a bus

di xe buýt

Đi theo đường

I usually take the M6 when I go to Scotland

tôi thường đi đường M 6 khi đi tới Xcốtlen

Vu?t, qu?o, di quanh

the horse took the first fence beautifully

con ng?a vu?t qua hàng rào th? nh?t r?t d?p

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) ng?i xu?ng

to take a chair

ng?i xu?ng gh?

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) có, gi? (quan di?m, thái d?..)

( (thu?ng) ? th? m?nh l?nh) hãy l?y làm thí d?; coi nhu m?t t?m guong

Thuê, mu?n (nhà..)

to take a house

thuê m?t can nhà

Ch?n; mua

to take a gift

ch?n m?t món quà

to take a ticket

mua vé

An, u?ng, dùng

to take breakfast

an sáng, dùng di?m tâm

Ghi, chép, ghi l?i, chép l?i

to take notes

ghi chép

Ch?p ?nh ( ai/cái gì)

to take a photograph of somebody

ch?p ?nh ai

Di?u khi?n, làm ch? to?, làm ch? l?

Mr Bean'll take the evening service

ông Bean s? di?u khi?n bu?i l? chi?u

Th? nghi?m, do lu?ng; do

to take somebody's pulse

b?t m?ch ai

the tailor took my measurements for a new suit

ngu?i th? may do ngu?i tôi d? c?t m?t b? com-lê m?i

Làm, th?c hi?n, thi hành

to take a journey

làm m?t cu?c du l?ch

to take a bath

di t?m

L?i d?ng, n?m

to take the opportunity

l?i d?ng co h?i, n?m l?y co h?i

B?, m?c, nhi?m

to take cold

b? c?m l?nh, b? nhi?m l?nh

Coi nhu, cho là, xem nhu, hi?u là

do you take me for a fool?

anh cho tôi là m?t th?ng ng?c sao?

Dòi h?i, c?n có, yêu c?u, ph?i

it would take a strong man to move it

ph?i có m?t ngu?i kho? m?i chuy?n n?i cái này di

it does not take more than two minutes to do it

làm cái dó không (dòi h?i) m?t quá hai phút

Ch?u, ch?p nh?n (m?t trách nhi?m..)

to take a beating

ch?u m?t tr?n dòn

to take all the responsibility

ch?u h?t trách nhi?m

( (thu?ng) không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) ch?u du?c, ch?u d?ng du?c

he can take a joke

nó có th? ch?u du?c s? dùa b?n

Ph?n ?ng

she knows how to take him

cô ta bi?t nên ph?n ?ng v?i anh ta nhu th? nào

( (thu?ng) không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) nh?n (ai) làm khách hàng (b?nh nhân, ngu?i thuê..)

the school doesn't take girls

tru?ng này không nh?n con gái

Thi

she takes her finals next summer

cô ?y thi t?t nghi?p vào mùa hè t?i

Du?c c?p, nh?n du?c (m?t van b?ng)

she took a first in English at Leeds

cô ta nh?n du?c m?t van b?ng lo?i uu v? ti?ng Anh ? Leeds

Du?c, do?t; thu du?c, giành du?c

to take a degree at the university

t?t nghi?p d?i h?c

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) d? ch?, ch?a du?c

the bus takes 60 passengers

xe búyt này ch? du?c 60 hành khách

I don't think the shelf will take any more books

tôi cho r?ng giá không ch?a thêm du?c sách n?a

Mua thu?ng xuyên, mua dài h?n (báo, t?p chí...)

the "Times" is the only paper he takes

t? " Th?i báo" là t? báo d?c nh?t anh ?y mua dài h?n

Quy?n ru, h?p d?n, lôi cu?n

to be taken with

b? lôi cu?n, b? quy?n ru, say mê, say d?m

Vu?t qua, di t?i, nh?y vào; tr?n tránh ?

to take an obstacle

vu?t qua m?t di?u tr? ng?i, vu?t qua m?t v?t chu?ng ng?i

the thoroughbred takes the hedge with greatest ease

con ng?a nòi vu?t qua hàng rào m?t cách h?t s?c d? dàng

to take the water

nh?y xu?ng nu?c

the bandits had taken the forest

b?n cu?p dã tr?n vào r?ng

Rút ra, l?y ra

the machine takes its name from its inventor

chi?c máy l?y tên c?a ngu?i dã phát minh ra nó

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) hi?u, gi?i thích (cái gì theo m?t cách riêng bi?t)

she took what he said as a compliment

cô ta hi?u nh?ng di?u anh ?y nói nhu là m?t l?i khen

do you take my meaning?

anh có hi?u ý tôi không?

(không dùng trong các th?i ti?p di?n) hi?u du?c, hi?u (cái gì)

I don't think she took my meaning

tôi không nghi r?ng bà ta hi?u ý tôi mu?n nói

B?t, bén (l?a); ng?m, có hi?u l?c (thu?c)

the medicine did not take

thu?c không có hi?u l?c

An ?nh

she does not take well

cô ta không an ?nh l?m

Thành công, du?c ua thích

his second play took even more than the first

v? k?ch th? hai c?a ông ta còn thành công hon c? v? k?ch th? nh?t

( + from) rút ra, l?y ra (t? m?t noi ho?c ngu?n d?c bi?t)

part of her article is taken from my book on the subject

m?t ph?n bài báo c?a bà ta là l?y t? cu?n sách c?a tôi vi?t v? d? tài này

to take after

gi?ng

he takes after his uncle

nó gi?ng ông chú nó

to take along

mang theo, dem theo

I'll take that book along with me

Tôi s? mang theo cu?n sách này v?i tôi

to take aside

kéo ra m?t ch?, dua ra m?t ch? d? nói riêng

to take away

mang di, l?y di, dem di, c?t di

to take back

l?y l?i, mang v?, dem v?

to take back one's words

nói l?i, rút lui ý ki?n

to take down

tháo xu?ng, b? xu?ng, h? xu?ng

Tháo ra, d? ra

Ghi chép

Làm nh?c, s? nh?c

Nu?t khó khan

to take from

gi?m b?t, làm y?u

to take in

m?i vào, dua vào, d?n vào, dem vào (ngu?i dàn bà mình s? ng?i c?nh ? bàn ti?c)

Ti?p dón; nh?n cho ? tr?

to take in lodgers

nh?n khách tr?

Thu nh?n, nh?n nuôi

to take in an orphan

nh?n nuôi m?t tr? m? côi

Mua dài h?n (báo chí...)

Nh?n (công vi?c) v? nhà làm

to take in sewing

nh?n d? khâu v? nhà làm

Thu nh?, làm h?p l?i

to take in a dress

khâu h?p cái áo

G?m có, bao g?m

Hi?u, n?m du?c, dánh giá dúng

to take in a situation

n?m du?c tình hình

V?i tin, nh?m m?t mà tin

to take in a statement

nh?m m?t mà tin m?t b?n tuyên b?

L?a ph?nh, l?a g?t, cho vào tròng, cho vào b?y

to take into

dua vào, d? vào, dem vào

to take someone into one's confidence

th? l? chuy?n riêng v?i ai

to take it into one's head (mind)

có ý nghi, có ý d?nh

to take off

b? (mu), c?i (qu?n áo); gi?t ra, l?y di, cu?n di

to take off one's hat to somebody

thán ph?c ai

D?n di, dua di, ti?n dua (ai)

to take oneself off

ra di, b? di

Nh? di, xoá b?, làm m?t tích

Nu?t ch?ng, n?c, húp s?ch

B?t, gi?m (giá...)

B?t chu?c; nh?i, gi?u

(th? d?c,th? thao) gi?m nh?y

(hàng không) c?t cánh

to take on

d?m nhi?m, nh?n làm, gách vác

to take on extra work

nh?n làm vi?c thêm (vi?c ngoài gi?)

to take on responsibilities

d?m nh?n trách nhi?m

Nh?n dánh cu?c, nh?n l?i thách d?

to take someone on at billiards

nh?n d?u bi a v?i ai

to take on a bet

nh?n dánh cu?c

Nh?n vào làm, thuê, mu?n (ngu?i làm...)

D?n di ti?p

(thông t?c) choáng váng, xúc d?ng m?nh, b? kích thích; làm ho?ng lên

to take out

dua ra, d?n ra ngoài

L?y ra, rút ra; xoá s?ch, t?y s?ch, làm m?t di

to take out a stain

xoá s?ch m?t v?t b?n

to take it out of

rút h?t s?c l?c (c?a ai), làm (ai) m?t l?; tr? thù (ai)

Nh?n du?c, du?c c?p, du?c phát (b?ng, gi?y phép, gi?y dang ký...)

Nh?n (cái gì...) d? bù vào; nh?n s? lu?ng tuong duong d? bù vào

as he could not get paid he took it out in goods

vì nó không l?y du?c ti?n nên ph?i l?y hàng bù vào

to take over

chuy?n, ch?, dua, d?n qua (du?ng, sông...)

Ti?p qu?n, k? t?c, n?i nghi?p, ti?p t?c

we take over Hanoi in 1954

chúng ta ti?p qu?n Hà n?i nam 1954

to take over the watch

thay (d?i) phiên gác

to take to

dùng d?n, nh? c?y d?n, c?n d?n

the ship was sinking and they had to take to the boats

tàu b? chìm và h? ph?i dùng d?n thuy?n

Ch?y tr?n, tr?n tránh

to take to flight

b? ch?y, rút ch?y

to take to the mountain

tr?n vào núi

B?t d?u ham thích, b?t d?u say mê, t?p, nhi?m

to take to drinking

b?t d?u nghi?n ru?u

to take to bad habits

nhi?m nh?ng thói x?u

to take to chemistry

ham thích hoá h?c

Có c?m tình, ua, m?n

the baby takes to her murse at once

d?a bé m?n ngay ngu?i vú

to take to the streets

xu?ng du?ng (bi?u tình, tu?n hành...)

to take up

nh?t, c?m lên, lu?m lên; dua lên, d?n lên, mang lên

Cho (hành khách) lên (ô tô, xe l?a)

the car stops to take up passengers

xe d? l?i cho hành khách lên, xe d? l?i l?y khách

Ti?p t?c (m?t công vi?c b? d?...)

Ch?n (m?t ngh?); d?m nhi?m, gánh vác (m?t công vi?c)

Thu hút, choán, chi?m (th?i gian, tâm trí...)

Hút, th?m

sponges take up water

b?t bi?n th?m (hút) nu?c

B?t gi?, tóm

he was taken up by the police

nó b? công an b?t gi?

(thông t?c) la r?y, qu? m?ng, trách móc

Ng?t l?i (ai...)

D? c?p d?n, xét d?n, bàn d?n (m?t v?n d?)

Hi?u

to take up someone's idea

hi?u ý ai

Nh?n, áp d?ng

to take up a bet

nh?n dánh cu?c

to take up a challenge

nh?n l?i thách

to take up a method

áp d?ng m?t phuong pháp

Móc lên (m?t mui dan tu?t...)

to take up a dropped stitch

móc lên m?t mui dan tu?t

V?n ch?t (ch? jo); cang (dây cáp)

to take up with

k?t giao v?i, giao thi?p v?i, di l?i v?i, thân thi?t v?i, choi b?i v?i

to take earth

chui xu?ng l? (den & bóng)

to take one's life in one's hand

li?u m?ng

mẻ (số lượng thu được tại mỏ hoặc mua được ở mỏ)

đông cứng lại (xi măng)

lấy kích thước

dẫn (dẫn tiến)

đo đạc

đưa

lấy đi

lấy

phần chia (lời)

phần chia lời

Grip, seize, grasp, clasp, get, get or take hold of, grab,snatch, clutch, catch, capture, obtain, lay hold of, lay (one's)hands on, procure, acquire, gain (possession of), takepossession of, secure, win, carry off, abduct, Colloq nab: Thepolice took him into custody. He takes what he can get. When itcomes to ineptitude, Sue certainly takes the prize. 2 pick,select, choose, opt for, settle or decide or fasten on or upon:When you get to the fork, take the road to the left.

Appropriate, arrogate, extract, carry off or away, steal,purloin, pilfer, filch, palm, rob, shoplift, pocket, remove,walk off or away with, run or make off or away with; embezzle,misappropriate, peculate; plagiarize, pirate; Colloq lift,swipe, snitch, Chiefly Brit pinch, nick, Slang knock off, hook,rip off, liberate, US boost, crook: They took what didn'tbelong to them.

Reserve, book, engage; hire, rent, lease: Hetook a room in a small hotel, where he began to write detectivefiction. 5 acquire, get, adopt; assume, derive, obtain, draw,receive, inherit: He has taken his bad manners from you. Thefilm takes its title from the book. 6 accept, receive, bear,withstand, stand, endure, weather, tolerate, abide, brave, gothrough, undergo, suffer, submit to, swallow, Colloq put upwith, brook, stomach, Brit stick: She took the news aboutLeon's relapse quite well. I have taken quite enough from youalready. 7 assume, bear, undertake, adopt, arrogate;acknowledge, accept: Kevin took full responsibility for themistake.

Believe, think, judge, deem, hold, feel; take for,assess (as), consider (as), regard (as), view (as), accept(for): I take people to be honest till proven otherwise. Shetook him for a fool when they first met. 9 carry, convey, bear,transport, bring, deliver, ferry; haul, cart: Will this traintake me to Aylesbury? They took the bicycle to Old Lyme in avan. 10 take up, study, be involved or occupied in or with,apply oneself to, learn; read, Colloq tackle: I cannot believethat Doreen is taking home economics. He took a course in carmaintenance. 11 prove or be effective or efficacious oroperative or functional, take effect, take hold, operate,function, work, perform, Colloq do the trick: If the transplantfails to take, the doctors will have to operate again. 12 exact,extract, get: She took revenge by denying him certainprivileges.

Swallow, eat, consume, ingest, devour, gulpdown, gobble up or down, wolf, bolt; drink, imbibe, quaff;inhale: Rudolf takes pills of every conceivable colour. Thedoctor said I could take a wee nip now and then. Sonya steppedout to take a breath of fresh air. 14 subtract, deduct, remove,take away, take from, take off: Take three from five. Five,take away two, leaves three. It's cheaper when you've taken offthe discount. 15 end, terminate, annihilate, wipe out; kill:The assault on Leningrad took tens of thousands of lives. TheLord giveth and the Lord taketh away. 16 require, demand, need,necessitate, call for: Remember, it takes two to tango. It tookhim two years to complete the fresco. It takes six to sail hisyawl. 17 hold, contain, accommodate, accept, fit in: Thisstorage bin cannot take anything else, it's completely full.

Convey, lead, conduct; escort, convoy, guide, accompany: Thisroad takes you directly to the yacht club. He asked to be takento the manager's office. 19 understand, gather, interpret,perceive, apprehend, deduce, conclude, infer, judge, deem,assume, suppose, imagine, see: I take it from your expressionthat you've had bad news.

Charm, captivate, capture,attract, lure, allure: There was something about him that tookher fancy.

Use, employ, make use of, establish, put in(to)place, adopt, put into effect, effect, apply; resort to, haverecourse to, turn to: The police have taken measures to ensurethat it doesn't happen again. 22 clear, get or go over or pastor round or through: Browning's Delight took the last jumpeasily. He must have taken that corner at 90! 23 experience,entertain, feel: She seemed to take an instant dislike to me.24 express, voice, raise, put forth: I hope you will not takeobjection or exception to what I am about to tell you. 25 causeor make or induce or drive or persuade (someone) to go or be:What takes you to M laga in August?

Act, assume, play,perform: I'm taking the part of the wicked witch in the localpantomime.

Bilk, cheat, swindle, defraud, Colloq con, Britfiddle: When he examined his wallet he realized he'd beentaken.

Take aback. astound, astonish, surprise, startle,shock: She was really taken aback at the news.

Take after.a resemble, look like, be the spitting image or the spit andimage of, favour, remind one of, Colloq be a chip off the oldblock: He takes after his grandfather. b Sometimes, take offafter. chase, follow, run after, pursue: When the man stole thenewspaper and ran, the shopkeeper took after him at a gallop. 30take back. retract, withdraw, recant, disavow, repudiate: Henow wants to take back what he said about you.

Take down. anote, make a note or memo or memorandum of, write down, record,put or set down, put in writing, document, transcribe,chronicle: Please take down what I am about to tell you. bdebase, deflate, lower, diminish, belittle, depreciate,deprecate, humble, humiliate, shame, disparage, degrade,disgrace: She certainly took that pompous ass down a peg ortwo.

Take in. a accommodate, receive, let in, quarter,board, lodge: When her children grew up and left home, shedecided to take in lodgers. b deceive, fool, trick, impose upon,overcharge, cheat, mulct, defraud, cozen, bilk, dupe, gull,hoodwink, swindle, Colloq bamboozle, con, pull the wool over(someone's) eyes, Slang Brit do: He was really taken in by thattime-share deal. c include, subsume, embrace, comprise, cover,encompass, contain: Our sales figures take in all of NorthAmerica, not just Canada.

Take it. a withstand or tolerateor survive punishment or abuse, survive: The Marines areextremely tough and can take it. b See 20, above.

Take off.a remove, doff, strip or peel off, discard, divest (oneself) of:Take off your hat in the house. b satirize, lampoon,caricature, mock, parody, travesty, burlesque, mimic, imitate,Colloq spoof, Brit send up: It is not always easy to take offmembers of the Cabinet. c depart, leave, go (away), decamp; flyoff, become airborne, lift off, blast off; Colloq skedaddle,make (oneself) scarce, Slang hit the road, scram, beat it,split: You'd better take off before they find you here. Theplane is due to take off at 18.35. 35 take on. a hire, engage,employ, enrol, enlist, retain: We are so busy that we havetaken on ten new people. b challenge, rival, face, contendagainst, oppose, match or pit (oneself) against, vie with,fight: Are you in any condition to take on the champion? cassume, accept, undertake, tackle: You might be taking on morethan you bargained for.

Take out. entertain, escort, inviteout; court, woo: He took her out to dinner at a Chineserestaurant.

Take over. assume or take or usurp or gaincontrol or possession or command of: A huge conglomerate istrying to take over our company.

Take to. a like, findpleasant or pleasing, feel affection or liking or affinity for,find suitable: We took to each other the very first time wemet. He took to computers as a duck takes to water. b leave ordepart or take off for, run for, head for, flee to, make for:When the attack came, the villagers took to the hills.

Takeup. a pick up, accept, agree to, acquiesce to, accede to: Shetook up his offer, and they've been married for forty years. bassume, resume, carry on, continue, go on with, follow on with,pick up: After a pause, he took up the thread of the story oncemore. c espouse, embrace, become interested or involved in,support, sponsor, advocate: She took up the cause of women'srights at her age? d occupy, cover, use (up), fill (up):Bernard's exercise equipment now takes up half the living-room.e deal with, treat, consider, bring up, raise: Next week ourpanellists will take up the question, 'Who benefits fromeducation?'

N.

Revenue, takings, yield, return, receipts, proceeds,gain, profit(s); gate, box office: How much was the take fromthe first day?

V. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one'shands.

Tr. acquire, get possession of, capture, earn, or win.3 tr. get the use of by purchase or formal agreement (takelodgings).

Tr. (in a recipe) avail oneself of; use.

Tr.use as a means of transport (took a taxi).

Tr. regularly buyor subscribe to (a particular newspaper or periodical etc.).

Tr. obtain after fulfilling the required conditions (take adegree).

Tr. occupy (take a chair).

Tr. make use of (takethe next turning on the left).

Tr. consume as food ormedicine (took tea; took the pills).

Intr. a be successfulor effective (the inoculation did not take). b (of a plant,seed, etc.) begin to grow.

Tr. require or use up (will onlytake a minute; these things take time).

Tr. cause to come orgo with one; convey (take the book home; the bus will take youall the way).

Tr. remove; dispossess a person of (someonehas taken my pen).

Tr. catch or be infected with (fire orfever etc.).

Tr. a experience or be affected by (takefright; take pleasure). b give play to (take comfort). c exert(take courage; take no notice).

Tr. find out and note (aname and address; a person's temperature etc.) by enquiry ormeasurement.

Tr. grasp mentally; understand (I take yourpoint; I took you to mean yes).

Tr. treat or regard in aspecified way (took the news calmly; took it badly).

Tr.(foll. by for) regard as being (do you take me for an idiot?).21 tr. a accept (take the offer). b submit to (take a joke;take no nonsense; took a risk).

Tr. choose or assume (took adifferent view; took a job; took the initiative).

Tr. derive(takes its name from the inventor).

Tr. (foll. by from)subtract (take 3 from 9).

Tr. execute, make, or undertake;perform or effect (take notes; take an oath; take a decision;take a look).

Tr. occupy or engage oneself in; indulge in;enjoy (take a rest; take exercise; take a holiday).

Tr.conduct (took the school assembly).

Tr. deal with in acertain way (took the corner too fast).

Tr. a teach or betaught (a subject). b be examined in (a subject).

Tr. make(a photograph) with a camera; photograph (a person or thing).31 tr. use as an instance (let us take Napoleon).

Tr. Gram.have or require as part of the appropriate construction (thisverb takes an object).

Tr. have sexual intercourse with (awoman).

Tr. (in passive; foll. by by, with) be attracted orcharmed by.

N.

An amount taken or caught in one session orattempt etc.

A scene or sequence of film photographedcontinuously at one time.

Esp. US takings, esp. moneyreceived at a theatre for seats.

Printing the amount of copyset up at one time.

Colloq. beat or defeat. take asidesee ASIDE. take as read accept without reading or discussing.take away 1 remove or carry elsewhere.

Subtract.

Brit. buy(food etc.) at a shop or restaurant for eating elsewhere.take-away Brit. attrib.adj. (of food) bought at a shop orrestaurant for eating elsewhere.

N.

An establishmentselling this.

The food itself (let's get a take-away). takeback 1 retract (a statement).

Convey (a person or thing) tohis or her or its original position.

Carry (a person) inthought to a past time.

Printing transfer to the previousline. take the biscuit (or bun or cake) colloq. be the mostremarkable. take a bow see BOW(2). take care of see CARE.take a chance etc. see CHANCE. take down 1 write down (spokenwords).

Remove (a structure) by separating it into pieces.

Humiliate. take effect see EFFECT. take for granted see GRANT.take fright see FRIGHT. take from diminish; weaken; detractfrom. take heart be encouraged. take hold see HOLD(1).take-home pay the pay received by an employee after thededuction of tax etc. take ill (US sick) colloq. be taken ill.take in 1 receive as a lodger etc.

Undertake (work) at home.3 make (a garment etc.) smaller.

Understand (did you takethat in?).

Cheat (managed to take them all in).

Include orcomprise.

Colloq. visit (a place) on the way to another(shall we take in Avebury?).

Furl (a sail).

Brit.regularly buy (a newspaper etc.). take-in n. a deception.take in hand 1 undertake; start doing or dealing with.

Undertake the control or reform of (a person). take intoaccount see ACCOUNT. take it 1 (often foll. by that + clause)assume (I take it that you have finished).

Colloq. endure adifficulty or hardship in a specified way (took it badly). takeit easy see EASY. take it from me (or take my word for it) Ican assure you. take it ill resent it. take it into one's headsee HEAD. take it on one (or oneself) (foll. by to + infin.)venture or presume. take it or leave it (esp. in imper.) anexpression of indifference or impatience about another'sdecision after making an offer. take it out of 1 exhaust thestrength of.

Have revenge on. take it out on relieve one'sfrustration by attacking or treating harshly. take one's leaveof see LEAVE(2). take a lot of (or some) doing be hard to do.take a person's name in vain see VAIN. take off 1 a remove(clothing) from one's or another's body. b remove or lead away.2 deduct (part of an amount).

Depart, esp. hastily (took offin a fast car).

Colloq. mimic humorously.

Jump from theground.

Become airborne.

(of a scheme, enterprise, etc.)become successful or popular.

Have (a period) away from work.take-off 1 the act of becoming airborne.

An act of mimicking.3 a place from which one jumps. take oneself off go away. takeon 1 undertake (work etc.).

Engage (an employee).

Bewilling or ready to meet (an adversary in sport, argument, etc.,esp. a stronger one).

Acquire (a new meaning etc.).

Colloq. show strong emotion. take orders see ORDER. take out 1remove from within a place; extract.

Escort on an outing.

Get (a licence or summons etc.) issued.

US = take away 3.

Bridge remove (a partner or a partner's call) from a suit bybidding a different one or no trumps.

Murder or destroy.take a person out of himself or herself make a person forget hisor her worries. take over 1 succeed to the management orownership of.

Take control.

Printing transfer to the nextline. take-over n. the assumption of control (esp. of abusiness); the buying-out of one company by another. take partsee PART. take place see PLACE. take a person's point seePOINT. take shape assume a distinct form; develop intosomething definite. take sides see SIDE. take stock see STOCK.take the sun see SUN. take that! an exclamation accompanying ablow etc. take one's time not hurry. take to 1 begin or fallinto the habit of (took to smoking).

Have recourse to.

Adapt oneself to.

Form a liking for. take to heart seeHEART. take to one's heels see HEEL(1). take to pieces seePIECE. take the trouble see TROUBLE. take up 1 becomeinterested or engaged in (a pursuit).

Adopt as a prot‚g‚.

Occupy (time or space).

Begin (residence etc.).

Resumeafter an interruption.

Interrupt or question (a speaker).

Accept (an offer etc.).

Shorten (a garment).

Lift up.

Absorb (sponges take up water).

Take (a person) into avehicle.

Pursue (a matter etc.) further. take a person upon accept (a person's offer etc.). take up with begin toassociate with.

Takable adj. (also takeable). [OE tacan f.ON taka]