take notes

Idioms and Phrases

Also, make notes . Record one's observations or what one hears in order to help recall them later. For example, Jim never takes notes in class and I think he'll regret it , or The decorator made notes of window measurements and other dimensions . [Mid-1500s] Also see take note .

Example Sentences

"It's rubbed with curry and five-spice powder," he explains as waiters take notes.

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And he would give me an assignment or something to be thinking about my life, or take notes on it.

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I take notes as they come—be it on the bus, or eating dinner.

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She was forbidden to take notes and was forced, more or less, to commit the information to memory.

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Dan Senor and Saul Singer on why U.S. companies should take notes.

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Naturally enough it did not occur to anyone to take notes of the comings and goings of a very ordinary young man.

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There were many present, and before the meeting formally began, I obtained permission to take notes in writing of what passed.

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But I have to listen to Cray for eighteen hours every week, and he hates me because I won't take notes for his beastly essays.

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I told my story, and the ass in charge asked me to calm myself, and wanted to take notes.

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I came here to take notes for a book, but I haven't done much but attend dinners and make speeches.

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