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To take keep
To take measures
To take notice of
To take off
To take offense
To take on
To take one's measure
To take order for
To take place
To take pleasure in
To take possession
To take potluck
To take rank of
To take shape
To take shipping
To take sides
To take sight
To take soil
To take steps
To take stock
To take stock in
To take stock of
To take the air
To take the back track
To take the bull by the horns
To take the chair
To take the field
To take the name of God in vain
To take the offensive
To take the place of
To take the reins
To take the trouble
To take the veil
To take the wall
To take the wind
To take the wind out of one's sails
To take time by the forelock
To take to
To take to heart
To take to task
To take to the heels
To take turns
To take up
To take up cudgels for
To take up the cross
To take up the gauntlet
To take up the glove
To take up the hatchet
To take up with
To take upon
To take vent
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to take something and shove it
to take something down to the studs
to take something for what it's worth
to take something in stride
to take something out for a spin
to take something to heart
to take something up a notch
to take something with a dash of salt
to take something with a grain of salt
to take something with a pinch of salt
To take steps
To take stock
To take stock in
To take stock of
to take that and shove it
to take that for what it's worth
to take that out for a spin
To take the air
To take the back track
to take the bit between the teeth
to take the bit in one's teeth
to take the blame
to take the blame for
to take the blame for it
to take the blame for something
to take the blame for this
to take the bull by its horns
To take the bull by the horns
To take the bull by the horns
to take the cake
To take the chair
to take the credit
to take the credit for
to take the credit for it
to take the credit for something
to take the credit for that
to take the credit for this
to take the day off
To take the field
to take the flak
to take the gloss off of something
to take the gloss off something
to take the heat
to take the heat out of
to take the heat out of it
to take the heat out of something
to take the heat out of the situation
to take the leap
to take the middle ground
to take the middle road
to take the money and run
To take the name of God in vain
To take the offensive
To take the place of
to take the red pill
To take the reins
to take the right tack
to take the right track
to take the road
to take the rough with the smooth
to take the stabilisers off
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