to take pride
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3.4
- phrasal verb
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- I say, take pride in every part of your life.
- take pride in one's work
- take pride in one's accomplishments
- take pride in one's community
And David Swenson also, I take pride in training young people in finance.
- And David Swenson also, I take pride in training young people in finance.
- I remind my children that I take pride in doing my housework myself.
- So I think if there's a way to take pride in it as a family, like, wow, look what our family has accomplished here.
- And then because I take pride in those positive things, like to feel good about myself, like it all drives my behavior.
Examples
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You actually take pride in your work.
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She always takes pride in her appearance.
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Go on, do your thing girl, but just take pride in whatever you do, if you can.
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You gotta take pride in what you do, son.
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In fact, I think it's something we should take pride in.
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It's essential that they take pride in their job.
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I take pride in my work.
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Chinese military officers, like professional soldiers around the world, take pride in their work.
Academic text (1996) -
Americans continue to take pride in the United States' heritage as a nation of immigrants.
Academic text (2006) -
We've all got to take pride in our city.
Synonyms
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5.1
To feel very pleased about your skill or achievement
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5.3
To take great pride in something
Feel pleased about your own qualities, achievements or things you own
How Proud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'pride' clearly denotes a feeling of self-respect, so the overall meaning is partly transparent; however, 'take' here is used idiomatically to mean 'adopt/experience' rather than its basic sense 'receive', and the full sense and typical pattern (usually 'take pride in X') is conventionalized. A B1 learner who knows both words might guess that it relates to feeling proud, but would likely be uncertain about exact usage and prepositional pattern without prior exposure.
Etymology
Take pride comes from the simple image of picking up or wearing something you can hold: to take a small badge of pride after doing good work. That's why it means 'to feel proud' of something or someone.