take something

1. see under take it.

Example Sentences

No matter what side you’re on, you can look at it and, hopefully, if there’s truth in what’s being presented, you can take something valuable away.

From Los Angeles Times

"International law says you cannot simply take something that is important to the heritage of a country - be it a cultural item, a physical item, a natural item, an extraterrestrial item - out of the country. You know we've moved on from colonial times when all this was okay," Prof Sereno says.

From BBC

It would take something miraculous for India to avoid defeat in Manchester and with three days off after this, there is little time for recovery before the fifth Test either.

From BBC

“I just think it’s so incredibly short-sighted that you would take something that is so central to almost every citizen and gut it — kill it in many areas, particularly rural areas,” he said.

From Salon

“I just think it’s so incredibly short-sighted that you would take something that is so central to almost every citizen and gut it.”

From Salon