take it or leave it
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4.6
- idiom
- Informal
:
tómalo o déjalo
- Take it or leave it, because I'm sick of babysitting.
- take it or leave it, said
- take it or leave it offer
When asked if the offer from Republicans was take it or leave it though, he said no.
- When asked if the offer from Republicans was take it or leave it though, he said no.
- To just be yourself and let other people take it or leave it.
- So, Mason, we appreciate the application, but he said take it or leave it and we leave it.
- It's almost like a a statement within itself that I don't have to always say something, I just need to be and just be well and take it or leave it.
Examples
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Well, take it or leave it, friend.
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Take it or leave it.
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This job, I could take it or leave it.
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You can take it or leave it.
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Well, to tell you the truth, I can take it or leave it.
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I make no bones about it, and you can take it or leave it.
Blog text (34) -
I can honestly take it or leave it.
Blog text (30) -
The manager said the salesman was wrong and to take it or leave it.
Blog text (21) -
Free enterprise at its finest, take it or leave it.
Blog text (25) -
When the final offer was presented, the manager said, "Take it or leave it."
Synonyms
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3.0
The person you are talking to decides what to do
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally presents a binary choice: 'take it' (accept the offer) or 'leave it' (refuse it), with 'or' marking the alternative. A B1 learner who knows 'take', 'leave' and 'or' can readily infer the pragmatic meaning that the offer stands as is and must be accepted or rejected, a compositionally clear pattern found across languages.
Etymology
The idiom take it or leave it comes from a simple scene where someone offers something and says you can take it or leave it, meaning accept it or walk away. So it now means a 'final offer' you must accept as it is or refuse.