take it

Idioms  

1. Understand, as in I take it they won't accept your proposal . [Early 1500s]

2. Endure abuse, criticism, harsh treatment, or unpleasantness, as in Tell me what you really think of me—I can take it . [Mid-1800s] This phrase is sometimes modified as take just so much , meaning “endure only up to a point.” For example, I can take just so much of this nonsense before I lose patience . Also see take it on the chin ; take lying down .

3. Accept or believe something, as in I'll take it on the doctor's say-so . Also see the subsequent entries beginning with take it .

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take it

Conversely, with an album, you take it home, “keep it for 20 years and contemplate its tracks,” says Cohn.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

“This fall and winter could be dangerous, and Californians should take it seriously,” Newsom’s office said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“As I’ve gotten older, I don’t take it personally anymore.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I am sure this is not the first time you have heard of a sibling who wants to, and claims to, take it all in the name of care for the parents.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Come down here and show us what you have mastered. I take it you’re not another scholar of the mud dauber.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck