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to take someone to

to take someone to

∞ 1.7
Go with a person to bring them to a place
  • phrasal verb
  • /teɪk ˈsʌmˌwʌn tu/
translation icon : llevar a alguien a
  • I promised to take my friend to the concert this weekend.
  • take someone to the hospital
  • take someone to school
  • take someone back to

Examples

  • She took me to the museum on our first date.

  • When patients came to consult Oko, he would first take them to the paraphernalia room.

    Academic text (1999)

  • When you step out of your house with your children, you take them to the parks, do you feel safe?

    Broken City (2013)

  • I'd love to take you out to dinner one night.

    Werewolf Cabal (2022)

  • My father took me to the palladium when I was a kid.

    Sleuth (1972)

  • She took me to Dublin.

    All of Us Strangers (2023)

  • I promised Jane I'd take her to her mum's.

    Back to Black (2024)

  • Shall I take you to the new restaurant downtown?

Synonyms

to go
vsto take someone to
∞ 1.0

To move from one place to another, physically or in meaning

usually means accompanying and guiding a person to a place rather than just moving
to take
vsto take someone to
∞ 1.0

Move someone or something to another place

usually involves accompanying and guiding the person rather than just moving them
to bring
vsto take someone to
∞ 1.0

To take someone or something with you to a place

focuses on accompanying and guiding rather than only fetching or moving
to carry
vsto take someone to
∞ 1.0

Hold and move something from one place to another

usually guides or leads a person rather than physically lifting or supporting them
to see
vsto take someone to
∞ 3.9

To go with someone to the door or their car as a courtesy

is about leading or guiding without focusing on courtesy
to escort
vsto take someone to
287 4.0

To go with someone to protect or help them

usually guides rather than offering protection as main purpose
to accompany
vsto take someone to
219 3.5

To go somewhere with someone as a companion

usually leads or guides the person to a particular place
to convey
vsto take someone to
18 3.5

To take people or things from one place to another

usually includes accompanying and guiding rather than only moving someone

Antonyms

to abandon
773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

to leave behind
604 2.6

To go away from a place without taking someone or something with you

How Involved

to lead
∞ 1.0
to escort
287 4.0
to guide
313 1.0
to take someone to
∞ 1.7
to accompany
219 3.5
to bring
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

take someone to infinitive
taking someone to present participle
takes someone to third person singular
took someone to past
taken someone to past participle

Morphology

take + someone + to

The meaning 'to accompany and bring a person to a place' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'take' (to transport/escort) + 'someone' (a person) + 'to' (indicating destination). This verb + object + preposition construction encodes motion toward a goal and is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Take someone to comes from the simple picture of one person guiding or leading another by the hand and walking them toward a place, with take showing the action and to the direction. So, take someone to means 'to accompany and bring a person to' a particular place.