pre·co·cious 
(prĭ-kōshəs)
(prĭ-kōshəs)adj.
1. Manifesting or characterized by development, aptitude, or interests considered advanced for a given age: a mathematically precocious child; a child with a precocious wit.
2. Botany Blossoming before the appearance of leaves.
[From Latin praecox, praecoc-, premature, from praecoquere, to boil before, ripen early : prae-, pre- + coquere, to cook, ripen; see pekw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
pre·cocious·ly adv.
pre·cocity (-kŏsĭ-tē), pre·cocious·ness n.
- take the liberty
- take the mickey out of
- take the occasion
- take the piss out of
- take the plunge
- take the pulse of
- take the rap
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- take the wind out of one's sails
- take the wind out of sails
- take time
- take to
- take to heart
- take to heels
- take to (one's) heels
- take to one's heels
- take to task
- take to the cleaners
- take to the woodshed
- take up
- take-up
- take up for
- take up the cudgels
- take up with
- take wing