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.

Examples of take it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Liverpool earned the points in all of their last nine matches to take it to the season’s final day… but City finished with 14 victories in a row. —Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025

Just take it from Cindy Crawford, who recently wore retro flare jeans, or Sofía Vergara, who repeatedly sports baggier styles à la Y2K. —Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025

If anyone calls the Laughlin sideboard a pill, take it as a compliment. —Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025

Or, to take it one step further, the movie invites us to question whether its reality is in fact a simulation, playing off Elon Musk’s theory that the two will eventually be indistinguishable. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for take it

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• monazite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit