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    Punchinello is offline Junior Member
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    Default What does "for the taking" mean?

    Like "It's all yours for the taking" or "world for the taking". What doest it mean? Thank you very much in advance.

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    Default Re: What does "for the taking" mean?

    It is basically like saying "It's all open and available to you, all you need to do is go over and take it."

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    Default Re: What does "for the taking" mean?

    Quote Originally Posted by Punchinello View Post
    Like "It's all yours for the taking" or "world for the taking". What doest it mean? Thank you very much in advance.
    A similar phrase is "It's yours for the asking". This means you just have to ask for it and it's yours.

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    Default Re: What does "for the taking" mean?

    Thank you so much.

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