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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.
take
Synonyms and Antonyms of take
- Take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd.
hang on to, lay hold of
- Will you take that call?
- Ed 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.
- 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.
call for
- It will be a few hours before this medication takes.
take effect, take hold
- I can't take any more of your whining.
live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)
- I think we can take his word for it.
set store by (or on)
- I know we can take that team.
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
get the better of, knock for a loop
- Let's take each problem separately.
come to grips with, have a grip on
- The school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants.
- The 1918 flu pandemic took millions around the world.
do away with, 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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