英语词汇“take for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(of or designating) a conventional bid asking one's partner to bid a different suit

The acquirement of control of a business by purchase of a majority of its shares (also adjective)

The number of people, as a percentage of the total number eligible, who claim a benefit to which they are entitled or who accept an offer

take for

To suppose to be, esp wrongly

take fright see under fright

take heed

To be careful
To pay attention

take in

To enclose
To comprise
To annex
To grasp, realize or understand
To accept as true
To cheat
To subscribe for, buy regularly
To receive into one's home, eg as a guest or lodger
To accept (work, eg washing) for doing in one's own home for payment
To tighten, contract, make smaller
To furl
To admit
To subdue
To visit (a place) or go to (a show, etc) esp as part of an itinerary or plan (esp US)
(of a man) to conduct (a lady) to the dining room (historical)

take in hand

To undertake
To undertake to reform, help or guide (someone)

take into one's head

To be seized with a notion

take in vain

To use (eg God's name) with unsuitable levity

take it

To assume
To endure punishment or bad luck without giving way or collapsing under the strain (informal)

take it from me

You can believe me, believe me when I say

take it from there

To deal with a situation appropriately, at whatever point it falls to one to do so

take it or leave it

To accept something with all its disadvantages, or else do without it

take it out of

To exhaust the strength or energy of
To exact the utmost from

take it out on

To make (an innocent person or object) suffer for one's anger or frustration
To vent one's bad temper, anger, etc on

take me with you (Shakespeare)

Let me understand what you mean

take notice

To observe
To show that observation is made
(with of) to remark upon

take off

To remove, detach
To mimic
To leave the ground for a jump or flight
To begin a rapid improvement, expansion, or surge in popularity
To depart or set out (informal)
To swallow

take on

To receive aboard
To agree to do, to undertake
To assume or acquire
To take into employment
To be very upset or distraught (informal)
To accept a challenge from (esp a stronger opponent)
(of ideas, etc) to gain acceptance

take out

To remove from within
To extract
To go out with, escort
To obtain (eg a licence) on application
To receive an equivalent for
To copy (Shakespeare)
To kill, destroy or defeat (slang)
To bid a different suit from (one's partner) (bridge)

take over

To receive by transfer
To convey across
To assume control of
To move (text) to the following line (printing)

take someone out of himself or herself

To make someone forget his or her problems or worries

take someone up on

To accept someone's offer or challenge with respect to
To challenge someone over (a statement, point, etc)

take to

To make for, take oneself off to
To adapt oneself to
To become fond of, to begin to do regularly as a habit

take to pieces

To separate into component parts

take to task

To call to account, reprove

take to wife (archaic)

To marry

take up

To lift, raise or collect
To pick up for use
To absorb
To accept (an offer)
To adopt the practice, study, etc, of, begin to go in for
To begin to patronize, seek to advance
To become interested in and begin to do
To discuss with
To shorten (a garment)
To engross, occupy or fill fully
To interrupt sharply
To arrest
To resume
To take in hand
To buy up
To settle, compound (a quarrel) (Shakespeare)
To reprove (Shakespeare)
To cope with (Shakespeare)
To obtain on credit (Shakespeare)
(usu in passive) to interest, please (with about or with)
To borrow
To secure, fasten

take upon oneself

To assume
To presume
To take responsibility for
To undertake
To feign, make believe (Shakespeare)

take up with

To begin to associate with, form a connection with

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