millocracy
/mɪˈlɒkrəsi/Now historical (somewhat depreciative )
noun
The rule of mill owners; the body of mill owners regarded as a dominant or ruling class (especially in Victorian England).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), author, biographer, and historian. From mill + -ocracy.
- take something away
- take something back
- take something by storm
- take something down
- take something forward
- take something ill
- take something in
- take something in good part
- take something in hand
- take something in one's stride (also take something in stride)
- take something into account (or take account of)
- take something kindly
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board
- take something out
- take something out on
- take something over
- take something personally
- take something to heart
- take something to the next level
- take something under advisement
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt