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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The Senate must take it up for a floor vote by the end of the month.
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas, supports it, potentially pressuring House leaders to take it up.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
If yours doesn’t fit with space to spare, take it to a laundromat with one of those huge machines.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
Leather Jewelry Travel Case Losing a piece of jewelry while traveling can be a harrowing experience (just take it from me).
—Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas, supports it, potentially pressuring House leaders to take it up.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
If yours doesn’t fit with space to spare, take it to a laundromat with one of those huge machines.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
Leather Jewelry Travel Case Losing a piece of jewelry while traveling can be a harrowing experience (just take it from me).
—Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
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 15 Dec. 2025.
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