take a chance
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～ take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
take off
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～ take time off from work; stop working temporarily
take root
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～ become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
take down
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～ tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
take in
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～ take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
take down
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～ move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
take a dare
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～ be dared to do something and not attempt it
take
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～ have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
take a joke
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～ listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"
take over
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～ take up and practice as one's own
take in
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～ fold up; "take in the sails"
take office
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～ assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"
take away
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～ take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
take
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～ engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
take home
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～ earn as a salary or wage; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?"
take over
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～ seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
take
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～ develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
take in
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～ take up as if with a sponge
take fire
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～ start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"