Showing 19 phrasal verbs and 38 definitions related to the verb 'Take'.
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Take aback phrasal verb
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Meaning: Surprise or shock
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: The news of her death TOOK me ABACK.
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Meaning: Surprise or shock
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Take after phrasal verb
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Meaning: Look like, resemble
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He TAKES AFTER his mother.
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Meaning: Look like, resemble
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Take apart phrasal verb
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Meaning: Take something to pieces
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: She TOOK the photocopier APART to see what had got stuck in it.
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Meaning: Take something to pieces
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Take aside phrasal verb
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Meaning: Get someone alone to talk to them
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: The teacher TOOK her ASIDE and said that she'd failed the exam.
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Meaning: Get someone alone to talk to them
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Take away phrasal verb
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Meaning: Remove
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The police TOOK the protestors AWAY.
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Meaning: Remove
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Take back phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make someone nostalgic
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: That song always TAKES me BACK to when I was at university. -
Meaning: Retract a statement, admit that something was wrong
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I had to TAKE BACK everything bad I'd said about them when I learned how they'd helped out.
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Meaning: Make someone nostalgic
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Take down phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make notes or write down in full
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The police TOOK DOWN his answers to their questions. -
Meaning: Remove
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: People TAKE DOWN their Christmas decorations twelve days after Christmas.
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Meaning: Make notes or write down in full
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Take for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Believe that someone is a certain kind of person
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: Do you TAKE me FOR a fool?
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Meaning: Believe that someone is a certain kind of person
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Take in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Absorb information
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The lecture was rather boring and I didn't TAKE IN much of what the lecturer said. -
Meaning: Deceive
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: She TOOK me IN with her story until someone told me the truth. -
Meaning: Make clothes smaller
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The jacket was far too big around the shoulders, so I had it TAKEN IN so that I could wear it. -
Meaning: Assume care or support
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The family TOOK IN the three homeless kittens.
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Meaning: Absorb information
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Take it phrasal verb
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Meaning: Accept criticism
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He's good at criticising others, but can't TAKE IT himself.
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Meaning: Accept criticism
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Take it out on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Abuse someone because you're angry
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: Whenever things go wrong, he always shouts and TAKES IT OUT ON me, even if I had nothing to do with the problem.
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Meaning: Abuse someone because you're angry
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Take it upon yourself phrasal verb
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Meaning: Take responsibility, often without consulting other people
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF to make sure he got up on time.
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Meaning: Take responsibility, often without consulting other people
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Take off phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make great progress
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The software house really TOOK OFF when they produced the latest version of their DTP package. -
Meaning: Reduce the price of an item
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They've TAKEN ten percent OFF designer frames for glasses. -
Meaning: When a plane departs or leaves the ground
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The flight for Dublin TOOK OFF on time. -
Meaning: Remove
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: It was hot, so I TOOK my jacket OFF.
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Meaning: Make great progress
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Take on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Allow passengers on a ship or plane
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The plane stopped at Zurich to TAKE ON some passengers. -
Meaning: Assume a responsibility
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: She TOOK ON the task of indexing the book. -
Meaning: Employ
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The council has had to TAKE ON twenty extra employees to handle their increased workload.
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Meaning: Allow passengers on a ship or plane
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Take out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Borrow a library book
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I TOOK OUT all the books I needed for my essay from the library. -
Meaning: Borrow money from a bank or other official lender
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: Jackie and Anil TOOK OUT a mortgage to buy a bigger flat. -
Meaning: Extract or remove
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The dentist TOOK OUT all of my wisdom teeth before they started causing any problems. -
Meaning: Go out socially with someone, especially a date
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: He TOOK her OUT to a restaurant last Friday night. -
Meaning: Obtain insurance
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I TOOK OUT some health insurance before I went backpacking around Latin America. -
Meaning: Kill, murder
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The gang TOOK him OUT after he spoke to the police.
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Meaning: Borrow a library book
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Take over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Assume control of a company or organisation
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The bank was TAKEN OVER by a Hong Kong bank that needed to buy a bank to get into the British market. -
Meaning: Start a job or position that someone had occupied before you
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She TOOK OVER responsibility for the project last month.
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Meaning: Assume control of a company or organisation
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Take through phrasal verb
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Meaning: Explain something to someone
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: He TOOK me THROUGH the procedures before we started.
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Meaning: Explain something to someone
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Take to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make a habit of something
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He's TAKEN TO wearing a baseball cap since his hair started thinning more noticeably.
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Meaning: Make a habit of something
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Take up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Fill or occupy time or space
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays. -
Meaning: Make clothes shorter
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The trousers were too long so I TOOK them UP to make them fit. -
Meaning: Start a new hobby, pastime, etc.
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: He TOOK UP squash as he felt he had to lose some weight. -
Meaning: Accept an offer
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: I will TAKE you UP on the job offer.
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Meaning: Fill or occupy time or space