Ak·kad also Ac·cad 
(ăkăd′, äkäd′)
(ăkăd′, äkäd′)1. An ancient region of Mesopotamia occupying the northern part of Babylonia. It reached the height of its power in the third millennium BC.
2. also A·ga·de (ə-gädə) An ancient city of Mesopotamia and capital of the Akkadian empire.
- take a leaf from someone
- take a leaf out of book
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take a leak
- take a load off
- take an oath
- take apart
- take a powder
- take a shine to
- take at (someone's) word
- take at someone's word
- take at word
- takeaway
- take away from
- take a wee
- take a whack at
- take a whiz
- take back
- take breath away
- take by storm
- take/call/bring to task
- take care
- take care of
- take charge
- take-charge