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Take - Coggle Diagram
Take
Take out
borrow money from a bank or other official lender (Jackie and Anil TOOK OUT a mortgage to buy a bigger flat.)
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extract or remove (The dentist TOOK OUT all of my wisdom teeth before they started causing any problems.)
kill, murder (The gang TOOK him OUT after he spoke to the police.)
go out socially with someone, especially a date (He TOOK her OUT to a restaurant last Friday night.)
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Take in
make clothes smaller (The jacket was far too big around the shoulders, so I had it TAKEN IN so that I could wear it.)
absorb information (The lecture was rather boring and I didn't TAKE IN much of what the lecturer said.)
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Take off
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remove (It was hot, so I TOOK my jacket OFF.)
make great progress (The software house really TOOK OFF when they produced the latest version of their DTP package.)
Take up
fill or occupy time or space (An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays.)
start a new hobby, pastime, etc. (He TOOK UP squash as he felt he had to lose some weight.)
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Take back
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retract a statement, admit that something was wrong (I had to TAKE BACK everything bad I'd said about them when I learned how they'd helped out.)
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Take over
assume control of a company or organisation (The bank was TAKEN OVER by a Hong Kong bank that needed to buy a bank to get into the British market.)
start a job or position that someone had occupied before you (She TOOK OVER responsibility for the project last month.)
Take after: look like, resemble (He TAKES AFTER his mother.)
Take apart: take something to pieces (She TOOK the photocopier APART to see what had got stuck in it.)
Take aside: get someone alone to talk to them (The teacher TOOK her ASIDE and said that she'd failed the exam.)
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Take it: accept criticism (He's good at criticising others, but can't TAKE IT himself.)
Take it out on: abuse someone because you're angry (Whenever things go wrong, he always shouts and TAKES IT OUT ON me, even if I had nothing to do with the problem.)
Take it upon yourself: take responsibility, often without consulting other people (I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF to make sure he got up on time.)
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Take to: make a habit of something (He's TAKEN TO wearing a baseball cap since his hair started thinning more noticeably.)