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take
Synonyms and Antonyms of take
- what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?
- who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take?
- because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected
- despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful
take
Synonyms and Antonyms of take
- take my hand, or weʼll get separated in this crowd
- will you take that call?
- took a cut in pay
accede (to), assent (to), concede (to), confirm, consent (to), OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant
acquiesce (to), bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)
abide, bear, brook, countenance, endure, shoulder, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, tolerate
- if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend
catch, come down (with), contract, get, go down (with) [chiefly British], sicken (with)
- you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game
- I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please
deal (in), market, merchandise (also merchandize), retail, sell, vend
- it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right
- it will be a few hours before this medication takes
- I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend
- I think we can take his word for it
set store by (or on)
- I know we can take that team
edge (out), nose out, pip [British]
annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip
cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed
knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish
ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
- let's take each problem separately
- the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants
- I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person
bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]
annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite
assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate
euthanize (also euthanatize), put down
do away with, do for [chiefly British], make away with
Synonym Discussion of take
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- take some salad from the bowl
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- seized the suspect
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- grasp the handle and pull
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- clutching her purse
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- snatched a doughnut and ran
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- grabbed roughly by the arm
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