| take apart |
to separate into its pieces or parts. |
| take a stab at |
to try or attempt. |
| take back |
to retrieve something given to another person. [2 definitions] |
| take care of |
to look after, watch over, or protect. [2 definitions] |
| take cover |
to seek protection or a hiding place. |
| take (someone) down a peg |
to make humbler. |
| take effect |
to start operating; start to work. |
| take into account |
to consider. |
| taken |
the past participle of "take." |
| take note of |
to observe carefully so as to remember. |
| take off |
to remove from a surface. [2 definitions] |
| take one's breath away |
to fill suddenly with great surprise; startle. |
| takeout |
having to do with food that is eaten some place other than where it was made. [2 definitions] |
| take part |
to participate; involve oneself (usu. fol. by "in"). |
| take place |
to happen. |
| take root |
to send out new roots; begin to grow or become fixed in the ground. [2 definitions] |
| take shape |
to come to have a more complete form. |
| take someone's part |
to support someone; to be on someone's side. |
| take the bull by the horns |
to handle a difficult problem in a direct manner, even if one is afraid. |
| take to task |
to reprimand; rebuke; censure. |
| take turns |
to operate in a fair way that lets two or more people share in an activity intended for one person only. One person has a turn, then the next person has a turn, and so on. |