GoEnglish.com Idioms & Phrases keyword page"Take" Idioms & Phrases with "Take"
keyword: Take Able To Take Just So Much » (losing patience; becoming angry...) Can Take It To The Bank » (you can trust, expect and rely on it...) Do A Double Take » (look at something, look away, then look back at the thing a second time...) Sit Up And Take Notice » (became very interested and pay attention carefully...) Take A Backseat To Someone » (let the other person be the leader...) Take A Bath » (lose a lot when some even occurred...) Take A Break » (rest; stop working for a period of time...) Take A Course In Something » (study that thing in school...) Take A Dig At Someone » (insult that person; say something to bother that person...) Take A Gander At Someone Or Something » (look at that and be prepared for something interesting...) Take A Hard Line With Someone » (not be willing to compromise or change one's opinion...) Take A Hike » (rude way to tell someone to "go away" because they are not wanted...) Take A Hint » (understand that someone is trying to communicate to you without being direct...) Take A Licking » (to lose by a large amount...) Take A Liking To Someone Or Something » (to begin to like them...) Take A Load Off One's Feet » (to sit down and rest after standing or walking for a long time...) Take A Long Walk Off A Short Pier » (rude way to tell someone to "go away"...) Take A Look At That » (look at that...) Take A Look For It » (look for it; spend time trying to find it...) Take A Nap » (sleep briefly to get some rest before continuing...) Take A New Turn » (there has been another change in plans but it is different from earlier changes...) Take A Nosedive » (suddenly go down very quickly, like when a crashing airplane heads to the grown nose first...) Take A Peep » (look at it very quickly and briefly...) Take A Powder » (when one goes to a dressing room to put on her make-up...) Take A Punch At Someone » (try to hit someone with a closed hand...) Take A Rain Check On That » (agree to do that thing at a future time; we will do it another time...) Take A Risk » (be willing to do it even though there is a chance of loss...) Take A Shellacking » (lose very badly; lose by a lot...) Take A Shine To Someone Or Something » (begin to like them a lot; begin to have strong feelings towards them...) Take A Shot At Something » (attempt to do it; try it...) Take A Shower » (bathe while standing with water showering down on one...) Take A Spill » (fall down so that one hits the ground and continues rolling or tumbling...) Take A Stab At Something » (attempt to do someone that one doesn't have a lot of experience doing...) Take A Stand Against Someone Or Something » (be unwilling to tolerate that some wrong is being done; stand up for or against...) Take A Toll » (doing it has a cost; one becomes tired or weary or loses something as a result...) Take A Try At Something » (try to do it...) Take A Turn For The Better » (the situation has recently gotten better...) Take A Turn For The Worse » (the situation has recently gotten worse...) Take A Vacation » (not work for a period of time...) Take A Walk » (walk somewhere, usually for pleasure or relaxation...) Take A Whack At Someone Or Something » (attempt to do something that one has not been trained to do...) Take Advantage Of Someone Or Something » (use ones knowledge or connection for selfish gain...) Take After Someone » (be similar to that person...) Take Aim At Someone Or Something » (to decide that one will do something...) Take An Interest In Something » (start to become interested in it...) Take An Oath » (promise with words that one is committed...) Take Attendance » (look at the list of names to be sure everyone is there...) Take Care Of Someone Or Something » (handle that matter; help and care for that person...) Take Charge Of Someone Or Something » (become the leader or responsible one in that situation...) Take Effect » (big to have a result or reaction...) Take Exception To Something » (disagree with it; not in happy agreement with something...) Take Five » (rest for five minutes; take a five minute break...) Take Forty Winks » (get a good sleep so that one is rested fully...) Take Great Pains To Do Something » (make a very true effort; try hard...) Take Heart » (feel optimistic; have hope...) Take Heed » (listen carefully and be warned...) Take Ill » (become sick; get sick...) Take Inventory » (look inward to count what one has...) Take Issue With Someone » (disagree with them openly...) Take It Easy » (relax; let oneself feel free and comfortable...) Take It Easy On Someone Or Something » (not be strict about; not punish or harass that person...) Take It On The Chin » (accept the blow or the insult without quitting, like a boxer who gets hit on the chin but keeps fighting...) Take It Or Leave It » (this is the last offer; either accept or reject this proposal because there will be no more adjustments...) Take It Slow » (do not rush...) Take It To One's Grave » (not tell anyone; keep it as a secret...) Take It Upon Oneself To Do Something » (accept the responsibility to get it done...) Take Kindly To Something » (accept something happily...) Take Leave Of One's Senses » (not act rationally; not act like oneself; lose control...) Take Liberties With Someone Or Something » (allow oneself to do things that one should not do...) Take No Stock In Something » (not believe in it nor see its value...) Take Off » (leave some place, the way a ship or an airplane leaves...) Take Off After Someone Or Something » (leave in a hurry to catch them...) Take Off From Work » (spend time without working; not go to work for a period of time...) Take Off On Something » (lose hold of something and have it run away...) Take Off One's Hat To Someone » (recognize that that person did something well...) Take Offense At Someone Or Something » (feel insulted about it...) Take Office » (when an elected official begins their period of duty...) Take One At One's Word » (believe that what a person has said is true...) Take One's Break » (take the regular rest period during work...) Take One's Medicine » (you don't like to do it, but it is necessary because it is good for you...) Take One's Own Life » (kill oneself; commit suicide...) Take One's Time » (not hurry; go slowly...) Take Out A Loan » (borrow money from a bank...) Take Part In Something » (join in it; participate...) Take Pity On Someone Or Something » (feel badly for another person's trouble...) Take Place » (happen...) Take Precedence Over Someone Or Something » (be more important than...) Take Pride In Something » (be proud of that thing; one likes this quality in oneself...) Take Root » (the beginnings of it were formed...) Take Shape » (the form of something is determined...) Take Sick » (become ill; get sick; one's health has gotten bad...) Take Sides » (choose which team one is on; to join one against the other...) Take Someone By Surprise » (surprise that person...) Take Someone For A Fool » (believe that person is foolish or stupid...) Take Someone Hostage » (a crime where a person is stolen; a person is taken illegally and lot allowed to leave...) Take Someone In » (welcome that person and offer them assistance...) Take Someone Into One's Confidence » (share a secret with that person; tell that person something you don't want others to know...) Take Someone Or Something At Face Value » (expect from that thing only what it is actually worth; don't hope for more; it is what it appears to be...) Take Someone Or Something Away » (take that one to another place...) Take Someone Or Something By Storm » (arrive with a big noise and lots of activity...) Take Someone To The Cleaners » (take all of that person's money...) Take Someone Under One's Wings » (offer help to that person and teach them what one knows...) Take Someone Up On Something » (accept an offer that someone has made...) Take The Bull By The Horns » (take strong action and gain control of the situation...) You Can't Take It With You » (wealth and belongings are not what is most important because you will die someday and they will be useless to you...) You Have To Take The Good With The Bad » (accept that everything has a bad as well as a good side...) A Standing Offer » (an offer you can choose to take whenever you want it...) Act As Someone » (take on a certain role or responsibility...) And Something To Spare » (it did not take all of one's effort; we were still not exhausted...) Cash And Carry » (you buy it and take it with you...) Drastic Times Call For Drastic Measures » (we need to take extreme actions here...) Fend For Oneself » (fight to protect oneself and take care of one's own needs...) Force Someone's Hand » (a person is forced to take action...) Get A Load Of Someone Or Something » (take a look at that...) Get An Eyeful Of Someone Or Something » (take a look at that...) Get Around To Doing Something » (you finally take the time to do that thing...) Get Around To Something » (you finally take the time for that thing...) Go For Broke » (take a chance; try your best...) Handle Someone With Kid Gloves » (be careful with that person; take care not to hurt one's feelings...) Have A Hand In Something » (participate; take part...) Jump At The Chance » (take the opportunity to do it; quickly do it as soon as one can; one wants to do it...) Order Something To Go » (you will take it with you and eat it someplace else...) Rome Was Not Built In One Day » (all great works take time to finish...) Simmer Down » (relax; quiet down; take it easy; don't be so upset...) Sit In For Someone » (take the place of that person...) Stand On One's Own Two Feet » (independent; able to take care of oneself...) Stick em Up » (put your hands up in the air, I am going to take your money...)
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