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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Don’t take it too hard — just avoid making any particularly time-sensitive plans for this evening.
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Her public works department also did a better job of getting rid of the white stuff, sending out hundreds of trucks to take it to the city’s snow farms.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Even if a plan is solid, clowns and trolls might try to take it down anyway.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Stealing signs from the bench is allowed and even encouraged, though MLB was forced to ban technology from dugouts when teams began to take it to another level.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
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Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Her public works department also did a better job of getting rid of the white stuff, sending out hundreds of trucks to take it to the city’s snow farms.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
Even if a plan is solid, clowns and trolls might try to take it down anyway.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
Stealing signs from the bench is allowed and even encouraged, though MLB was forced to ban technology from dugouts when teams began to take it to another level.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for take it
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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