take it
idiom
1
: to start doing something : assume responsibility for something
I'll get you started, and you take it from there.
2
: to assume or suppose
I take it that you didn't get my message.
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Brian Callahan, Mike Tomlin, Shane Steichen, Matt LaFleur, Mike Macdonald and Ben Johnson all take it black.
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Dianna Russini, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Among the study group, 12,287 patients were exposed to oral vitamin B3 at 500 mg twice daily for more than 30 days and were compared to 21,479 patients who did not take it.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
His body is the only thing preventing that power from destroying the world, but the Queen of the Dead now has an army powerful enough to take it from him.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
You’re supposed to take it out of packaging, then thaw.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Dianna Russini, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Among the study group, 12,287 patients were exposed to oral vitamin B3 at 500 mg twice daily for more than 30 days and were compared to 21,479 patients who did not take it.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
His body is the only thing preventing that power from destroying the world, but the Queen of the Dead now has an army powerful enough to take it from him.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
You’re supposed to take it out of packaging, then thaw.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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