1. To acquire possession.
2. To engage or mesh; catch, as gears or other mechanical parts.
3. To start growing; root or germinate: Have the seeds taken?
4. To have the intended effect; operate or work: The skin graft took.
5. To gain popularity or favor: The television series, which didn't take, was later canceled.
6. To become: He took sick.
n.
Phrasal Verbs:
1.
a. The act or process of taking.
b. That which is taken.
2.
a. A quantity collected at one time, especially the amount of profit or receipts taken on a business arrangement or venture.
b. The number of fish, game birds, or other animals killed or captured at one time.
3. Sports The amount of money collected as admission to a sporting event; the gate.
4.
The uninterrupted running of a movie or television camera or a set of
recording equipment in filming a movie or television program or cutting a
record.
5.
a. A scene filmed or televised without interrupting the run of the camera.
b. A recording made in a single session.
6.
a. A physical reaction, such as a rash, indicating a successful vaccination.
b. A successful graft.
7. Slang An attempt or a try: He got the answer on the third take.
8. Informal An interpretation or assessment, as of an event: The mayor was asked for his take on the judge's decision.
take after
1. To follow as an example.
2. To resemble in appearance, temperament, or character.
take apart
1. To divide into parts after disassembling.
2. To dissect or analyze (a theory, for example), usually in an effort to discover hidden or innate flaws or weaknesses.
3. Slang To beat up; thrash.
take back
To retract (something stated or written).
take down
1. To bring to a lower position from a higher one.
2. To take apart; dismantle: take down the Christmas tree.
3. To lower the arrogance or the self-esteem of (a person): really took him down during the debate.
4. To put down in writing.
take for
1. To regard as: Do you take me for a fool?
2. To consider mistakenly: Don't take silence for approval.
take in
1. To grant admittance to; receive as a guest or an employee.
2. To reduce in size; make smaller or shorter: took in the waist on the pair of pants.
3. To include or constitute.
4. To understand: couldn't take in the meaning of the word.
5. To deceive or swindle: was taken in by a confidence artist.
6. To look at thoroughly; view: took in the sights.
7. To accept (work) to be done in one's house for pay: took in typing.
8. To convey (a prisoner) to a police station.
take off
1. To remove, as clothing: take one's coat off; take off one's galoshes.
2. To release: took the brake off.
3. To deduct as a discount: took 20 percent off.
4. To carry off or away.
5. Slang
a. To go off; leave: took off in a hurry.
b. To achieve wide use or popularity: a new movie that really took off.
6. To rise into the air or begin flight: The plane took off on time.
7. To discontinue: took off the commuter special.
8. To withhold service due, as from one's work: I'm taking off three days during May.
take on
1. To undertake or begin to handle: took on extra responsibilities.
2. To hire; engage: took on more workers during the harvest.
3. To oppose in competition: a wrestler who took on all comers.
4. Informal To display violent or passionate emotion: Don't take on so!
5. To acquire (an appearance, for example) as or as if one's own: Over the years he has taken on the look of a banker.
take out
1. To extract; remove: took the splinter out.
2. To secure (a license, for example) by application to an authority.
3. Informal To escort, as a date.
4. To give vent to: Don't take your frustration out in such an aggressive manner.
5. To obtain as an equivalent in a different form: took out the money owed in services.
6. Informal To begin a course; set out: The police took out after the thieves.
7. Slang
a. To kill; murder: Two snipers took out an enemy platoon.
b. To search for and destroy in an armed attack or other such encounter: Combat pilots, flying low to avoid radar, took out the guerrilla leader's bunker in a single mission.
take over
1. To assume control, management, or responsibility.
2. To assume the control or management of or the responsibility for: She took over the job after he left.
3. To become dominant: Our defense took over in the second half of the game.
take to
1. To have recourse to; go to, as for safety: took to the woods.
2. To develop as a habit or a steady practice: take to drink.
3. To become fond of or attached to: "Two keen minds that they are, they took to each other" (Jack Kerouac).
take up
Idioms:
1. To raise; lift.
2. To reduce in size; shorten or tighten: take up a gown.
3. To pay off (an outstanding debt, mortgage, or note).
4. To accept (an option, bet, or challenge) as offered.
5. To begin again; resume: Let's take up where we left off.
6. To use up, consume, or occupy: The extra duties took up most of my time.
7. To develop an interest in or devotion to: take up mountain climbing.
8. To deal with: Let's take up each problem one at a time.
9. To assume: took up a friendly attitude.
10. To absorb or adsorb: crops taking up nutrients.
11. To enter into (a profession or business): took up engineering.
on the take Informal
Taking or seeking to take bribes or illegal income: "There were policemen on the take" (Scott Turow).
take a bath Informal
To experience serious financial loss: "Small investors who latched on to hot new issues took a bath in Wall Street" (Paul A. Samuelson).
take account of
To take into consideration.
take away from
To detract from: Drab curtains took away from the otherwise lovely room.
take care
To be careful: Take care or you will slip on the ice.
take care of
To assume responsibility for the maintenance, support, or treatment of.
take charge
To assume control or command.
take effect
1. To become operative, as under law or regulation: The curfew takes effect at midnight.
2. To produce the desired reaction: The antibiotics at last began to take effect.
take exception
To express opposition by argument; object to: took exception to the prosecutor's line of questioning.
take five/ten Slang
To take a short rest or break, as of five or ten minutes.
take for granted
1. To consider as true, real, or forthcoming; anticipate correctly.
2. To underestimate the value of: a publisher who took the editors for granted.
take heart
To be confident or courageous.
take hold
1. To seize, as by grasping.
2. To become established: The newly planted vines quickly took hold.
take it
1. To understand; assume: As I take it, they won't accept the proposal.
2. Informal To endure abuse, criticism, or other harsh treatment: If you can dish it out, you've got to learn to take it.
take it on the chin Slang
To endure punishment, suffering, or defeat.
take it or leave it
To accept or reject unconditionally.
take it out on Informal
To abuse (someone) in venting one's own anger.
take kindly to
1. To be receptive to: take kindly to constructive criticism.
2. To be naturally attracted or fitted to; thrive on.
take lying down Informal
To submit to harsh treatment with no resistance: refused to take the snub lying down.
take notice of
To pay attention to.
take (one's) breath away
To put into a state of awe or shock.
take (one's) time
To act slowly or at one's leisure.
take place
To happen; occur.
take root
1. To become established or fixed.
2. To become rooted.
take shape
To take on a distinctive form.
take sick
Chiefly Southern U.S. To become ill.
take sides
To associate with and support a particular faction, group, cause, or person.
take stock
1. To take an inventory.
2. To make an estimate or appraisal, as of resources or of oneself.
take stock in
To trust, believe in, or attach importance to.
take the bench Law
To assume a judicial position.
take the cake
1. To be the most outrageous or disappointing.
2. To win the prize; be outstanding.
take the count
1. To be defeated.
2. Sports To be counted out in boxing.
take the fall/hit Slang
To incur blame or censure, either willingly or unwillingly: a senior official who took the fall for the failed intelligence operation.
take the floor
To rise to deliver a formal speech, as to an assembly.
take the heat Slang
To incur and endure heavy censure or criticism: had a reputation for being able to take the heat in a crisis.
take to the cleaners Slang
To take all the money or possessions of, especially by outsmarting or swindling.
take up for
To support (a person or group, for example) in an argument.
take up the cudgels
To join in a dispute, especially in defense of a participant.
take up with Informal
To begin to associate with; consort with: took up with a fast crowd.
[Middle English taken, from Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka.]
tak
a·ble adj.
a·ble adj.
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take off
vb (adverb)
1. (tr) to remove or discard (a garment)
2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (intr) (of an aircraft) to become airborne
3. Informal to set out or cause to set out on a journey they took off for Spain
4. (tr) (of a disease) to prove fatal to; kill
5. (tr) Informal to mimic or imitate, esp in an amusing or satirical manner
6. (intr) Informal to become successful or popular, esp suddenly
n takeoff
1. (Engineering / Aeronautics) the act or process of making an aircraft airborne
2. (Economics) the stage of a country's economic development when rapid and sustained economic growth is first achieved
3. Informal an act of mimicry; imitation
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Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
roar off - leave; "The car roared off into the fog"
sally forth, sally out - set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
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| 2. | take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"
discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
remove, take away, withdraw, take
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or
remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper";
"Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your
pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
declaw - remove the claws from; "declaw a cat"
dehorn - take the horns off (an animal)
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| 3. | take off - depart from the ground; "The plane took off two hours late" | |
| 4. | take off - take time off from work; stop working temporarily | |
| 5. | take off - mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner; "This song takes off from a famous aria" | |
| 6. | take off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peel - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
peel off - take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
slip off - take off with ease or speed; "She slipped off her jacket"
uncloak - remove a cloak from
doff - remove; "He doffed his hat"
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| 7. | take off - get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" | |
| 8. | take off - prove fatal; "The disease took off"
kill
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This
man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer
killed a pig for the holidays"
| |
| 9. | take off - make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
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