take something

1. see under take it.

Example Sentences

She wouldn’t just lie down and allow people to take something from her, whether or not it’s for her quote-unquote highest good.

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It will take something catastrophic to get people to care about such risks, and it will be a wild ride along the way.

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“We were trying to do something that was daring to be different. ... To take something that could be seen as a bleak social drama and really elevate it and push the boundaries beyond what you might expect. We’re trying to take risks.”

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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.

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"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.

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