take someone in
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"I said to my wife, we really could do this and take someone in."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
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 • Jun. 14, 2023
Paul dePoo: Ellie had an idea to take someone in a bed, and then someone somewhere else, and compile it.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020
“The classic idea about a horror movie is you take someone in a life transition and use a supernatural force as proxy for something that would be stressful or transformative in a person’s life. ‘
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2019
HARRY: It'll do Claire good to take someone in.
From Plays by Glaspell, Susan
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