Advertisement
Advertisement
take something
Discover More
Idioms and Phrases
see under take it .Discover More
Example Sentences
My hope is that I learn and that I can take something from each one of these powerful women.
Tourists feel it is their right to take something back home.
Kludge did not arise by accident, and it will take something more than mere disapproval to reduce and replace it.
Do we have an honest collective emotional reaction to efforts that do not reach deep into our days and take something from us?
Others said it would take something shocking to scuttle the meeting.
This feeling became so strong that at last I rose, intending to take something to quiet myself.
I know even now that you will take something from the woman and be unable to save me.'
And, Thomas,—Mary,—I want you to let me take something else.
My father came several times, and repeated his urgent request, that Simon would take something; but it was of no avail.
Then, just as I was coming near, you thrust your hand down into that old stump, and you certainly did take something out.
Advertisement
Word of the Day
[pet-ri-kawr]
Meaning and examplesStart each day with the Word of the Day in your inbox!
By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse