take after = to look or act like a relative; resemble
take away = 1) to remove
2) to lead smb to another place
3) to seize from people
take back = 1) to apologise
2) to remind of the past
3) to withdraw
take down = 1) to write down
2) to separate into pieces so as to repair or remove
3) to lengthen a garment; let down
take for = 1) to identify wrongly
2) to rob \ cheat
take in = 1) to give accommodation;
2) to make clothes narrower (opposite: let out)
3) to fully understand
take off = 1) to remove clothes (opposite: put on)
2) (of planes) to leave the ground (opposite: come down)
3) to imitate
4) to reduce (weight) (opposite: put on)
5) (of time) to take time as a holiday
6) to start to improve
take on = 1) to undertake work or responsibility
2) to employ
3) to accept as an opponent
take out = 1) to remove; extract
2) to clean (a mark, dirt)
take over = 1) to gain control of smth
2) to spend time on
take smb out = to take smb to a restaurant etc.
take to = 1) to like
2) to begin a habit
take up = to begin a hobby, sport, job
2) to shorten a garment (opposite: take down)
3) to fill (time, space)
4) to continue after an interruption
be taken aback = to be strongly surprised
be taken in = to be deceived
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