take part
1: share in something [syn: {participate}]
take place
1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur}, {pass}, {fall ou...
take pride
1: feel pride of; "She took great pride in her sons" [syn: {pride oneself}]
take root
1: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: {settle}, {root}, {steady down}, {settle down}]
take shape
1: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: {form}, {take form}, {spring}]
take stage
1: attract attention onto oneself [syn: {take the stage}]
take stock
1: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: {size up}, {scrutinize}, {scrutinise}]
take ten
1: take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"
take the air
1: take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" [syn: {walk}]
take the cake
1: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"
take the count
1: be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten [syn: {remain down}]
take the field
1: go on a campaign; go off to war [syn: {campaign}] 2: go on the playing field, of a football team
take the Fifth
1: refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself [syn: {take the Fifth Amendment}]
take the Fifth Amendment
1: refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself [syn: {take the Fifth}]
take the floor
1: stand up to dance 2: rise in order to make a speech or motion
take the road
1: give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town
take the stand
1: give testimony in a court of law [syn: {testify}, {attest}, {bear witness}]
take the veil
1: become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after ther fiance died"
take time off
1: take time off from work; stop working temporarily [syn: {take off}]
take to
1: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn: {fancy}, {go for}] 2: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occup...
take to be
1: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: {think of}, {repute}, {regard as}, {look upon}...
take to heart
1: get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please" [syn: {attend to}] [ant: {neglect}]
take to the woods
1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}...
take turns
1: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [syn: {alternate}]
take up
1: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration" 2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: {latch on}, {fasten on}, {hook on}, {seize on}] 3: turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the ...
take up arms
1: commence hostilities [syn: {go to war}, {take arms}]
take water
1: enter the water; "the wild ducks took water"
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take-away
1: of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British" [syn: {takeout}]
take-home
1: (of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes
take-home pay
1: what is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc
take-in
1: the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
take-up
1: a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion 2: the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
takeaway
1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" [syn: {takeout}, {takeout food}] 2: a concession made by a labor union to a company th...
takedown
1: (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points" 2: a crushing remark [syn: {put-down}, {squelch}, {squelcher}]
Takelma
1: a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon 2: a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people [syn: {Takilman}]
taken for granted
1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn: {axiomatic}, {self-evident}, {taken for granted(p)}] 2: accepted as real or true without pro...
taken over
1: taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain" [syn: {appropriated}, ...
taken up
1: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was pr...
taken with
1: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: {crazy}, {dotty}, {gaga}, {enamored}, {infatuated}, ...
takeoff
1: a departure; especially of airplanes 2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne 3: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {spoof}...
takeoff booster
1: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster}, {booster rocket}, {booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff rocket}]
takeoff rocket
1: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster}, {booster rocket}, {booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff booster}]
takeout
1: of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British" [syn: {take-away}] n 1: prepared food that is intended to be ea...
takeout food
1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" [syn: {takeout}, {takeaway}]
takeover
1: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force [syn: {coup d'etat}, {coup}, {putsch}] 2: a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
takeover arbitrage
1: arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of mo...
takeover bid
1: an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
takeover target
1: a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer [syn: {target company}]
taker
1: one who accepts an offer 2: one who takes a bet or wager
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