take+something+from

  • 131take down — (someone/something) to remove a person or group from a position of power. Stockholders are hoping to take down the company s management team. Bush decided it was up to American forces to take Saddam down …

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  • 132carve something out — 1) take something from a larger whole, esp. with difficulty carving out a 5 percent share of the overall vote 2) establish or create something through painstaking effort he managed to carve out a successful photographic career for himself …

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