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Although I still have 18 months to run, I feel it is time for a new and much younger director to take the chair. I am hoping my successor will continue the development I have been instrumental in creating.
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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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