takeˈover noun

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

takeˈ-up noun

The fact, or an instance, of taking up (ie using or accepting, or picking up)

take-up rate noun

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

tāking-offˈ noun

Removal, assassination

for the taking

Readily available to be taken (advantage of)

have what it takes

To possess the requisite skills, qualities, etc

on the take

Engaged in small-scale dishonest making of profit

take after

To resemble (eg a parent) in appearance or characteristics

take against

1. To take a dislike to
2. To oppose

take apart

1. To separate into component parts
2. To defeat convincingly (informal)
3. To criticize or scold severely (slang)

take away

1. To subtract
2. To carry somewhere else, remove
3. To detract (from)

take back

1. To retract, withdraw
2. To carry back (mentally) in time
3. To return to an original position
4. To regain possession of
5. To move (text) to the previous line (printing)

take down

1. To go above in class
2. To demolish, pull down or dismantle
3. To take to pieces
4. To report or write down to dictation
5. (of a man) to escort (a lady) to the dining room
6. (also, more usu, take down a peg) to humiliate to some degree
7. To reduce
8. To lower

take effect

1. To come off, succeed
2. To come into force

take five (or ten) (informal)

To take a short break of five (or ten) minutes

take for

To suppose to be, esp wrongly

take fright see under fright

take heed

1. To be careful
2. To pay attention

take in

1. To enclose
2. To comprise
3. To annex
4. To grasp, realize or understand
5. To accept as true
6. To cheat
7. To subscribe for, buy regularly
8. To receive into one's home, eg as a guest or lodger
9. To accept (work, eg washing) for doing in one's own home for payment
10. To tighten, contract, make smaller
11. To furl
12. To admit
13. To subdue
14. To visit (a place) or go to (a show, etc) esp as part of an itinerary or plan (esp US)
15. (of a man) to conduct (a lady) to the dining room (historical)

take in hand

1. To undertake
2. 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

1. To assume
2. 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

1. To exhaust the strength or energy of
2. To exact the utmost from

take it out on

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

take me with you (Shakespeare)

Let me understand what you mean

take notice

1. To observe
2. To show that observation is made
3. (with of) to remark upon

take off

1. To remove, detach
2. To mimic
3. To leave the ground for a jump or flight
4. To begin a rapid improvement, expansion, or surge in popularity
5. To depart or set out (informal)
6. To swallow

take on

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

take out

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

take over

1. To receive by transfer
2. To convey across
3. To assume control of
4. 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

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

take to

1. To make for, take oneself off to
2. To adapt oneself to
3. 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

1. To lift, raise or collect
2. To pick up for use
3. To absorb
4. To accept (an offer)
5. To adopt the practice, study, etc, of, begin to go in for
6. To begin to patronize, seek to advance
7. To become interested in and begin to do
8. To discuss with
9. To shorten (a garment)
10. To engross, occupy or fill fully
11. To interrupt sharply
12. To arrest
13. To resume
14. To take in hand
15. To buy up
16. To settle, compound (a quarrel) (Shakespeare)
17. To reprove (Shakespeare)
18. To cope with (Shakespeare)
19. To obtain on credit (Shakespeare)
20. (usu in passive) to interest, please (with about or with)
21. To borrow
22. To secure, fasten

take upon oneself

1. To assume
2. To presume
3. To take responsibility for
4. To undertake
5. To feign, make believe (Shakespeare)

take up with

To begin to associate with, form a connection with