takeafter

　　Tofollowasanexample.

　　Toresembleinappearance,temperament,orcharacter.

　　takeapart

　　Todivideintopartsafterdisassembling.

　　Todissectoranalyze(atheory,forexample),usuallyinanefforttodiscoverhiddenorinnateflawsorweaknesses.

　　SlangTobeatup;thrash.

　　takeback

　　Toretract(somethingstatedorwritten).

　　takedown

　　Tobringtoalowerpositionfromahigherone.

　　Totakeapart;dismantle:takedowntheChristmastree.

　　Tolowerthearroganceortheself-esteemof(aperson):reallytookhimdownduringthedebate.

　　Toputdowninwriting.

　　takefor

　　Toregardas:Doyoutakemeforafool?

　　Toconsidermistakenly:Don'ttakesilenceforapproval.

　　takein

　　Tograntadmittanceto;receiveasaguestoranemployee.

　　Toreduceinsize;makesmallerorshorter:tookinthewaistonthepairofpants.

　　Toincludeorconstitute.

　　Tounderstand:couldn'ttakeinthemeaningoftheword.

　　Todeceiveorswindle:wastakeninbyaconfidenceartist.

　　Tolookatthoroughly;view:tookinthesights.

　　Toaccept(work)tobedoneinone'shouseforpay:tookintyping.

　　Toconvey(aprisoner)toapolicestation.

　　takeoff

　　Toremove,asclothing:takeone'scoatoff;takeoffone'sgaloshes.

　　Torelease:tookthebrakeoff.

　　Todeductasadiscount:took20percentoff.

　　Tocarryofforaway.

　　SlangTogooff;leave:tookoffinahurry.Toachievewideuseorpopularity:anewmoviethatreallytookoff.

　　Toriseintotheairorbeginflight:Theplanetookoffontime.

　　Todiscontinue:tookoffthecommuterspecial.

　　Towithholdservicedue,asfromone'swork:I'mtakingoffthreedaysduringMay.

　　takeon

　　Toundertakeorbegintohandle:tookonextraresponsibilities.

　　Tohire;engage:tookonmoreworkersduringtheharvest.

　　Toopposeincompetition:awrestlerwhotookonallcomers.

　　InformalTodisplayviolentorpassionateemotion:Don'ttakeonso!

　　Toacquire(anappearance,forexample)asorasifone'sown:Overtheyearshehastakenonthelookofabanker.

　　takeout

　　Toextract;remove:tookthesplinterout.

　　Tosecure(alicense,forexample)byapplicationtoanauthority.

　　InformalToescort,asadate.

　　Togiveventto:Don'ttakeyourfrustrationoutinsuchanaggressivemanner.

　　Toobtainasanequivalentinadifferentform:tookoutthemoneyowedinservices.

　　InformalTobeginacourse;setout:Thepolicetookoutafterthethieves.

　　SlangTokill;murder:Twosniperstookoutanenemyplatoon.Tosearchforanddestroyinanarmedattackorothersuchencounter:Combatpilots,flyinglowtoavoidradar,tookouttheguerrillaleader'sbunkerinasinglemission.

　　takeover

　　Toassumecontrol,management,orresponsibility.

　　Toassumethecontrolormanagementofortheresponsibilityfor:Shetookoverthejobafterheleft.

　　Tobecomedominant:Ourdefensetookoverinthesecondhalfofthegame.

　　taketo

　　Tohaverecourseto;goto,asforsafety:tooktothewoods.

　　Todevelopasahabitorasteadypractice:taketodri