take to

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Start date Sep 13, 2017

Maybo

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Sep 13, 2017

#1

[FONT=&quot]Celine had taken to social media ahead of her big performance, telling followers she felt “great and excited”, and asking them to give her their support.

What is take to?

[/FONT]http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-she-go-americas-got-talent-judges-give-mixed

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teechar

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Sep 14, 2017

#2

In that sentence, "has taken to" means has started using something regularly.

Take a look at entry #1 in the link below.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/take_to

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