take
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～ point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
take for
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～ keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
take stock
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～ make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory all books before the end of the year"
take in
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～ accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
take on
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～ admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
take off
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～ get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
take out
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～ remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
take on
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～ contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
take
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～ pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
take
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～ take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
take one's lumps
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～ suffer the results or consequences of one's behavior or actions
take a dive
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～ pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer