to take it
637
4.9
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ɪt/
:
suponer
- I can take it or leave it.
- take it for granted
You know, it's not directed at me, but I can take it as personal.
- You know, it's not directed at me, but I can take it as personal.
- Again, can you take it for what it is or no?
- Is that, is that why you take it as NMN versus NADH?
- Action is more than what we often take it as being.
- I know, but I mean, I didn't really take it that serious.
Examples
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Let's take it again.
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Well, I take it something has happened.
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And so that means take it as a challenge.
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I take it you have no objection?
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Hey, don't take it too hard.
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We'll take it under advisement.
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I take it you two don't know where Ari is?
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We'll take it.
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When she heard the criticism, she chose to take it as constructive feedback.
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If you find it difficult to understand, you can take it as an indication to ask for clarification.
Synonyms
∞
3.2
Think something is true without proof
89
4.9
To show that something is likely true because of evidence
57
5.5
Decide that something is true using evidence
How Certain
- Informal
428
3.1
136
4.9
637
4.9
∞
3.2
∞
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + it
The sense 'assume/infer' is directly built from 'take' in its meaning 'construe/interpret' plus 'it' as a pro-form referring to a prior utterance or situation, so a learner who knows both constituents can derive the meaning. This is a regular English pattern (e.g. 'I take it that...') and has close parallels in other languages, making it transparently compositional for B1 learners.
Etymology
Take it comes from the simple image of someone picking up a remark: they take it into their hand and treat it like a fact. So when you say 'I take it', you 'assume' or 'guess' something from what someone said.