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Take vs. Bring
Take
/teɪk/Examples:
Robert takes his dog with him to work.That night Holmes and I took a train to Norbury.Where are you taking her?
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Bring
/brɪŋ/Examples:
October brought Lyon Burke.We are bringing him in.'Default to discard unless something truly brings you joy.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Take involves moving something away from where you are or from where someone else is.
- Bring refers to moving something towards the speaker or to where the speaker is.
- Think of take as taking away, whereas bring as bringing towards you.
- If someone says take it out, you are removing it from its current location.
- If someone says bring it here, you are delivering it to a new location where the speaker is.
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