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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Nothing says summer like a gingham midi dress — just take it from Jennifer Lopez.
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 14 May 2025
Give Yourself Permission to Mess Up Have fun with color don't take it too seriously.
—Eleni Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
Don’t just take it from me; Cho also highly rates CosRx’s The Retinol 0.5 Oil.
—Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 13 May 2025
DuBose, appointed by former President Joe Biden in January, presided over the case after every district judge in Maine refused to take it.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 14 May 2025
Give Yourself Permission to Mess Up Have fun with color don't take it too seriously.
—Eleni Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025
Don’t just take it from me; Cho also highly rates CosRx’s The Retinol 0.5 Oil.
—Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 13 May 2025
DuBose, appointed by former President Joe Biden in January, presided over the case after every district judge in Maine refused to take it.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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