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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 awayverbMWEremove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractApplyUnclassified
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 rootverbMWEbecome settled or established and stable in one's residence or life styleUnderstandUnclassified
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