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121take to smb. — • take a fancy to/for smb • take a liking to smb • take to smb (from Idioms in Speech) (smb) to like (often followed by immediately). I met this young man in the train just now, and I ve taken a fancy to him already. Mr. Short himself had taken a …
122Something to Worry About — is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United Kingdom in the February 1913 issue of the Strand . It was included in the UK collection The Man Upstairs , (1914), and later appeared in the United States in the collection… …
123take (someone's) mind off something — take (someone s) mind off (something/someone) if an activity takes someone s mind off their problems, it stops them from thinking about them. That s the good thing about helping other people it takes your mind off your own problems …
124take liberties with — (something) to change something to suit your needs, esp. when writing a story or book. The play takes liberties with history, but it brings to life the people from so long ago …
125take your cue from something — take your ˈcue from sb/sth idiom to copy what sb else does as an example of how to behave or what to do • Investors are taking their cue from the big banks and selling dollars. Main entry: ↑cueidiom …
126take down someone — take 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 …
127take 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 …
128carve 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 …
