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Take
/teɪk/
To grasp with the hands or use something, or to receive or acquire.
Synonyms:
grasp
obtain
seize
accept
acquire
Antonyms:
give
release
refuse
Examples:
Robert
takes
his dog with him to work.
That night Holmes and I
took
a train to Norbury.
Where are you
taking
her?
Etymology:
From Middle English taken, tacan, from Old English tacan, tēon, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, *tąkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁gos.
Usage Statistics:
1781 mentions per 1 million words
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