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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
takeverbremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractUnclassified
take a bowverbMWEacknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performanceUnclassified
take a powderverbMWEan idiomatic expression, to disappear without notifying anyone in order to avoid undesirable consequencesUnclassified
take actionverbMWETo do something official in order to achieve an objective or handle a problem.ApplyUnclassified
take aimverbMWEpoint or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towardsApplyUnclassified
take backverbMWEresume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husbandUnclassified
take one's lumpsverbMWEsuffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actionsUnderstandUnclassified
take the bull by the hornsverbMWEface a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding itApplyUnclassified
take the fifthverbMWErefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herselfRememberUnclassified
take the fifth amendmentverbMWErefuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herselfApplyUnclassified