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  • 51take on — index adopt, attempt, contend (dispute), embark, endeavor, engage (involve), fight ( …

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  • 52take to — index prefer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 53take-up — noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH the number of people who accept or buy something that is offered, for example by a government or a company …

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  • 54take to — (doing something) to start doing something regularly. She s taken to walking along the beach after work. After he retired, he took to working in the local schools as a volunteer …

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  • 55take to — (someone) to like someone soon after meeting them. We took to our new neighbors very quickly …

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  • 56take to — (something) to like to do something. The children have really taken to tennis …

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  • 57take to — (somewhere) to go to or escape to a place. Caryn took to her room and wouldn t come out all weekend. The refugees took to the hills for safety …

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  • 58Take — [te:k ], der oder das; s, s <englisch> (Film, Fernsehen einzelne Szenenaufnahme) …

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  • 59take-in — [tāk′in΄] n. Informal a taking in; specif., cheating, trickery, etc. or a deception, trick, etc …

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  • 60take — takable, takeable, adj. taker, n. /tayk/, v., took, taken, taking, n. v.t. 1. to get into one s hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write. 2. to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book …

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