to take
- verb
- /teɪk/
- Oh sweetheart, I wish I could take you too.
- take away
- take back
- take home
It's the first guy who tried to take me to the car.
- It's the first guy who tried to take me to the car.
- I Yeah, I got taken to Franklin Prison.
- What could we take Todd to the hair doctor?
- Why won't you please Take Me Home?
Examples
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All right, I need to take these next door.
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It's the first guy who tried to take me to the car.
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But with that point made, let's go and take a closer look.
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I promised Jane I'd take her to her mum's.
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I've come to take you to your laboratory and quarters.
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I need to take this package to the post office before it closes.
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They will take you to the airport if you ask them nicely.
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Can you take the dog outside while I finish my work?
Synonyms
To take someone or something with you to a place
Go with a person to bring them to a place
Hold and move something from one place to another
To go with someone and show them the way to a place
To move a person or thing to another place
To move people or goods from one place to another, often by vehicle
To show someone the way by going with them
To move people or things away, sometimes because of strong feeling
To take people or things from one place to another
To lead someone carefully to a place, for example to their seat
Idioms
- Formal
To do something without asking for permission, as if you are allowed
- Formal
To refuse to answer questions in court to avoid saying something that could make you look guilty
- Formal
Refuse to answer questions in court or by police to avoid saying you did something wrong
- Offensive
To do very well and act confidently, often in a forceful way
- Literature
Behave in a very foolish way without thinking clearly
- Texting
To understand and accept that someone's remark makes sense even if you do not agree
- Informal
Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way
- Informal
To accept unpleasant results and sometimes punishment for something you did
- Informal
A situation where people who should not lead control things and cause chaos
To keep going without giving up after facing many hard times
To make someone lose the job or money they need to live
Phrasal Verbs
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
Compounds
- Specialized
A device or action that pulls in extra material, for example slack in a rope
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Take comes from an old Norse word taka that meant 'to grasp' or 'to grab'. So to take someone or something and move them is like 'grabbing' them and carrying them to another place.