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  • 71take over — UK US take over Phrasal Verb with take({{}}/teɪk/ verb [T] (took, taken) ► [I or T] to begin to have control of something: »The firm was badly in need of restructuring when she took over. take sth over »The asset management company took over the… …

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  • 72take away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them. [V n P] They re going to take my citizenship away... [V n P from n] Give me the knife, he said softly, or I… …

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  • 73take out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something out, you remove it permanently from its place. [V n P] I got an abscess so he took the tooth out... [V P n (not pron)] When you edit the tape you can take out the giggles. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you take out… …

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  • 74take off — phrasal verb Word forms take off : present tense I/you/we/they take off he/she/it takes off present participle taking off past tense took off past participle taken off 1) [transitive] to remove something, especially a piece of clothing I d better …

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  • 75take off — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To undress] Syn. strip, divest, expose; see undress . 2. [To deduct] Syn. lessen, subtract, take away; see decrease 2 . 3. [*To mock] Syn. satirize, mimic, burlesque; see parody , ridicule . 4. [To leave the earth] Syn.… …

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  • 76take away — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subtract] Syn. deduct, take from, knock off; see decrease 2 . 2. [To carry off] Syn. transport, cart off, carry away; see remove 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To move (something) from a position occupied: remove,… …

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  • 77take down — verb a) To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph. b) To remove something from a hanging position. We need to take down the curtains to be …

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  • 78take down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you take something down, you reach up and get it from a high place such as a shelf. [V n P] Alberg took the portrait down from the wall... [V P n (not pron)] Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume. 2) PHRASAL… …

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  • 79take fire — verb start to burn or burst into flames Marsh gases ignited suddenly The oily rags combusted spontaneously • Syn: ↑erupt, ↑ignite, ↑catch fire, ↑combust, ↑conflagrate • Derivationally related f …

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  • 80take orders — verb 1. receive and be expected to follow directions or commands I don t take orders from you! • Hypernyms: ↑obey • Verb Frames: Somebody s something from somebody 2. be ordained; enter the Christian ministry She took orders last month …

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