Take
//teɪk//
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The word "take" can be used as verb and noun.
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are you taking any medications be taken bad be taken ill be taken sick betake care-taking continuous take double take double-take for the taking foretake fortake get taken in give and take have drink taken have one's name taken hot take house take land-take leave-taking like taking candy from a baby long take lunatics have taken over the asylum mickey-take mistake note-taking on the take ontake out-take overtake partake piss-take piss-taking point taken prize-taking profit taking profit-taking put and take put-and-take risk-taking take French leave take a Bex take a French leave take a bath take a beat take a bite take a bow take a breather take a chance take a chill pill take a crap take a decision take a dive take a dookie take a dump take a flying fuck take a gamble take a hit take a load off take a look take a pew take a picture take a piss take a pitch take a rain check take a raincheck take a risk take a run at take a running jump take a spill take a spin take a tinkle take a toll take a tumble take a view take a whack at take aback take across take action take advantage take after take against take along take amiss take an l take apart take around take aside take away take back take bread and salt take breath take captive take charge take coals to Newcastle take comfort take cover take credit take down take easy take exception to take five take flight take for a drive take for a ride take for a spin take for granted take form take fright take guard take heart take hold take home take hostage take in take in hand take in turn take issue to take issue with take it as it comes take it away take it easy take it like a man take it on the chin take it or leave it alone take it out on take it outside take its rise take matters into one's own hands take oath take off take off one's chest take off the table take offence take offense take on take on strength take one's cue from take one's eyes off take one's eyes off the ball take one's life in one's hands take one's rest take one's rise take one's sweet little time take one's time take one's turn take oneself off take out take over take part take personally take place take pleasure take potluck take pride take roll take round take serious take several seats take shape take shipping take sides take silk take slave take some beating take some doing take someone down the garden path take someone for all they've got take someone out back take someone prisoner take someone to brown town take someone's life take something off someone's hands take something to one's grave take something to the face take something to the head take stock take that take the Fifth take the biscuit take the cake take the coward's way out take the fall take the gilt off the gingerbread take the law into one's hands take the mask off take the matter into one's own hands take the mick take the mickey take the micky take the piss take the place of take the purple take the register take the ride take the roll take the shilling take the stage take the trouble take the wax out of one's ears take the wrong way take through take time take time off take time out take to take to drink take to extremes take to heart take to one side take to one's bed take to one's heels take to pound town take to the bank take to the cleaner's take to the field take to the grave take to the next level take to the streets take turns take two take umbrage take under take underwing take up take up cudgels take up for take up residence take up with take upon take vows take with take with a pinch of salt take your change out of that take your oil take-all take-home pay take-or-pay take-over take-under taken short taken slave takest taking up the mantle time-taking turn-taking undertake uptake wild take withtake wrongtake you can't take it with you
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
accept accommodate acquire act affirm apply ask assert aver avow bang be intimate bear on become bed bonk buy call for carry change cinematography come down come to concern construe cover cross cut across cut through decide demand determine develop do it do work eff employ enter evolve experience feature filming find fit fuck get get across get it on get laid get over go have have a go at it have got have intercourse have it away have it off have sex have to do with head hold hump income incur interpret involve jazz know lie with love make love make out make up one's mind motion-picture photography move necessitate need obtain pass over pertain position postulate purchase put down receive record refer relate require roll in the hay screw see sicken sleep together sleep with suit swan swear think about touch touch on track transport traverse undergo use utilise utilize verify win work
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absorb accept adhere adopt apply approach ascertain assessment assume avail award believe bestow bind body break bring captivate carry carry out catch change charm choose compositor condition consider consume contract copy damage decline deduce defeat deliver derive determine do draw endure examination execute experience facial failure feel fight fill film fish follow game get give go grasp grip hardship haul ill humor impregnate ingest inoculation inquiry interpretation interruption lead lease let in make measurement money move obtain opinion partake participate payment pelt perform perspective pick possession practice proceed receive reckon record recourse refrain regard remove reproduction require resentment response right scene select sex source steal steal something study subject submit successful suffer suppose swindling swing take hold take root transportation treatment undergo understand undertake unexpected use vaccination view visit wicket keeper
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accept aim approach assume bring captivate capture carry catch choose claim confiscate consider consume contain contract convey drive endure experience feel fill film get grab grasp haul have income ingest lead learn lease necessitate perspective receive reckon regard remove return seize submit subscribe suffer suppose taking treatment undergo win
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