Expressions with take

Expressions with take

take after

take back

take in²

take off³

take on²

^{take to}

^{take up}

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• put on

• take off

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• take to

• take after

• take off

• take on

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__________responsibility

• take in

• take on

• take after

• take off

• take up

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imitate

• take off

• take on

• take up

• take back

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like immediately

• take after

• take in

• take to

• take off

• take on

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• take on

• take off

• take in

• take after

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• take pride in

• take back

• take after

• take off

• take in

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________a hobby

• take to

• take on

• take after

• take off

• take up

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employ someone

• take off

• take on

• take in

• take back

• take after

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resemble

• take on

• take to

• take after

• take in

• take up

TAKE AFTER : resemble

Doesn't he take after his mother?

TAKE BACK : withdraw

I wish I could take back what I said to her.

TAKE IN : absorb, understand¹ , deceive²

I find very hard to take in Math classes.

I was completely taken in by his nice words.

TAKE OFF : leave ground¹ , remove clothing, etc.² start to improve³ , imitate⁴

The plane took off two hours late.

Sales have really taken off now.

She is very good at taking off his teacher

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If you _______ a member of your family, you look or behave like them

• take after

• take off

• take in

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The Japanese also _______ their shoes before entering their houses.

• take off

• take after

• take back

• take in

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He says, if you see fifty ducks ______and you fire at all of them you'll miss.

• take after

• take in

• take off

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The doctor explained possible treatments in such a complicated way that we couldn't ______ what he said.

• take after

• take off

• take in

• take back

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In 1930s, air travel really began to _______

• take off

• take back

• take after

• take in

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I know I was a naive fool to trust him but he is a real charmer who totally ________

• took me off

• took after me

• took me in

• took me back

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The product really ______ among teens.

• took after

• took back

• took in

• took off

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Doga can _____Yunus Aygören brilliantly.

• take in

• take off

• take after

• take back

TAKE ON : employ ¹, undertake²

We will have to take on more staff if we are to take on more work

TAKE TO : to start to like someone or something

The two dogs took to each other immediately and started to play.

She has taken to staying out late. (to start doing sth often)

TAKE UP : start a hobby

Why don't you take up dancing for a change?

TAKE IT FOR GRANTED : expect sth always to happen / not appreciate value of sth / undervalue / take sth at face value / assume

I took for granted that my car would start in the morning.

I took the offer at face value. I didn't think they might be trying to trick me.

I took it for granted that you would come.

After two years of marriage, they took each other for granted.

TAKE STH IN YOUR STRIDE : to deal with a situation calmly, without losing temper

When you become a politician, you soon learn to take criticism in your stride.

I thought she would be upset but she took the news in her stride.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF : unfairly use superiority

TAKE CONTROL OF : start organising

TAKE ONE'S BREATH AWAY : surprize

TAKE PART IN : PARTICIPATE

TAKE PLACE : HAPPEN

TAKE PRIDE IN : DRAW SATISFACTION FROM

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He left a job in the City to _________ farming.

• take up

• take on

• take after

• take back

• take in

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Don't __________ more responsibilities than you can handle.

• take after

• take on

• take in

• take up

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She feels so depressed she has _____ drinking.

• taken to

• taken up

• taken in

• taken back

• taken on

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You have to learn how to ________ criticism ________ if you want to be successful in this business.

• take off

• take - for granted

• take - in stride

• take on

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Many people _______ whatever is in their home or office and don't think much about the pros and cons to specific toilet styles or the available choices.

• take advantage of

• take for granted

• take control of

• take pride in

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The party needs to ______ staff, including temporary organisers.

• take after

• take in

• take on

• take off

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The first series was really bad. But for some reason the public __________it.

• took on

• took after

• took to

• took in

• took off