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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal : shot. Archaic : assay. See TRY. 2. The amount of money collected as admission, especially to a sporting event: box office, gate. See MONEY. | | VERB: | 1. To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly. Also used with up: accept, embrace, welcome. See ACCEPT. 2. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, usurp. See GIVE. 3. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action: allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize. Informal : pull. See LIKE. 4. To cause to come along with oneself: bear, bring, carry, convey, fetch, transport. See ACCOMPANIED. 5. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, get, win. Slang : cop. See GET. 6. Informal. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal : chisel, flimflam, trim. Slang : diddle1, do, gyp, stick, sting. See HONEST. 7. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, develop, get, sicken. Idioms: come down with. See GET. 8. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity. Also used with off: abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract. Informal : knock off. See INCREASE. 9. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require. See NECESSARY, OVER. 10. To obtain from another source: derive, draw, get. See KIN. 11. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook2, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, tolerate, withstand. Informal : lump2. Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See ACCEPT. 12. To understand in a particular way: construe, interpret, read. See UNDERSTAND. 13. To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness: accept, have, receive. See ACCEPT. 14. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take away, take off, take out, withdraw. See MOVE. 15. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: catch, seize, strike. See ATTACK, OVER. 16. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach: ingest, swallow. See MOUTH. 17. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, hit on or (upon), surprise. Informal : hit. See SURPRISE. 18. To engage in sexual relations with: bed, copulate, couple, have, mate, sleep with. Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay. See SEX. 19. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase: capture, catch, get, net1, secure. Informal : bag. Slang : nail. See GET. 20. To go aboard (a means of transport): board, catch. See USED. 21. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take in, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND. 22. To perform a function effectively: function, go, operate, run, work. See THRIVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | take after To be similar to, as in appearance: resemble. Chiefly Regional : favor. See SAME. take away To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take off, take out, withdraw. See MOVE. take back 1. To occupy or take again: reassume, re-claim, reoccupy, repossess, resume, retake. See GIVE. 2. To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally: abjure, recall, recant, retract, withdraw. See ACCEPT. 3. To send, put, or carry back to a former location: give back, restore, return. See INCREASE, KEEP. take down 1. To cause to descend: depress, drop, let down, lower2. See RISE. 2. To take (something) apart: break down, disassemble, dismantle, dismount. See ASSEMBLE. take in 1. To allow admittance, as to a group: accept, admit, receive. See ACCEPT. 2. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume. See INCLUDE. 3. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, trick. Informal : bamboozle, have. Slang : four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See HONEST. 4. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, understand. Informal : savvy. Slang : dig. Chiefly British : twig. Scots : ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See UNDERSTAND. take off 1. Slang. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal : cut out, push off, shove off. Slang : blow1, split. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. 2. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw. See MOVE. 3. To take from one's own person: doff, remove. See PUT ON. 4. To rise up in flight: lift (off). See RISE. take on 1. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own: adopt, embrace, espouse, take up. See ACCEPT, GIVE. 2. To take upon oneself: assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take over, undertake. See ACCEPT. 3. To obtain the use or services of: employ, engage, hire, retain. Idioms: put on the payroll. See GET, WORK. 4. To enter into conflict with: encounter, engage, meet1. Idioms: do (or join) battle with. See CONFLICT, MEET. 5. Informal. To worry over trifles: chafe, fuss, pother. See CALM. 6. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take up, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START. take out 1. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take away, take off, withdraw. See MOVE. 2. Informal. To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, go out, see. See CONNECT. take over 1. To take upon oneself: assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, undertake. See ACCEPT. 2. To seize and move into by force: occupy. See ATTACK. 3. To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute: relieve, spell3. See SUBSTITUTE. take to To find agreeable: fancy, like1. Chiefly British : conceit. See LIKE. take up 1. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally: absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe. Informal : soak (up). See ACCEPT. 2. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own: adopt, embrace, espouse, take on. See ACCEPT, GIVE. 3. To begin or go on after an interruption: continue, pick up, renew, reopen, restart, resume. See CONTINUE. 4. To be occupied or concerned with: consider, deal with, treat. Idioms: have to do with. See RELEVANT. 5. To take in (moisture or liquid): absorb, drink, imbibe, soak (up), sop up. See GIVE. 6. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See RISE. 7. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, undertake. Informal : kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See START.
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