take the time
idiom
: to make an effort (to do something) : to attempt
They never took the time to get to know her.
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Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Either on your own or with a professional landscape designer, take the time to get the lay of your land.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Reviewing pages have been thinned by the forces of history and technology; few Pynchon skeptics anymore bother to take the time to read the novels and register their objections.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, take the time to sit down and do the math on your household finances.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for take the time
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“Take the time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20time. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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