take someone in

Idioms  

1. see take in, def. 5.

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Example Sentences

“If they point a gun or take someone in, local police cannot step in and interfere regardless of the circumstances,” Obayashi said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I said to my wife, we really could do this and take someone in."

From BBC

Al-Jaber and his colleagues say by bringing fossil fuel companies to the table they can get more done and that it may take someone in the industry to get the concessions needed.

From Seattle Times

Some nursing homes or assisted living communities offer benevolent care, meaning they’ll take someone in who doesn’t have enough money to pay full freight or who can’t pay full price for long.

From Seattle Times

Francis used some of the Piedmont dialect Rosa taught him in thanking the people of Asti for welcoming him and urged young people in particular to not “stay still thinking about ourselves, wasting our lives and chasing after comfort or the latest fads, but to aim for the heights, get on the move, leaving behind our own fears to take someone in need by the hand.”

From Washington Times