Be taken in

Take your breath away

To take away

British English if you buy food to take away, you buy cooked food from a restaurant and take it outside to eat it somewhere else

to be very beautiful, exciting, or surprising

take away from something phrasal verb

to spoil the good effect or success that something has

The disagreement between the two men should not take away from their accomplishments.

take somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb

1. take something ↔ back

to admit that you were wrong to say something

You'd better take back that remark!

2. take something ↔ back

to take something you have bought back to a shop because it is not suitable

If the shirt doesn't fit, take it back.

3. to make you remember a time in the past

Having the grandchildren around takes me back to the days when my own children were small.

take something ↔ down phrasal verb

1. to move something that is fixed in a high position to a lower position

She made us take down all the posters.

2. to write down information

Can I just take some details down?

3. to pull a piece of clothing such as trousers part of the way down your legs

take somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb

to be completely deceived by someone who lies to you

Don't be taken in by products claiming to help you lose weight in a week.

2. take somebody ↔ in

to let someone stay in your house because they have nowhere else to stay

Brett's always taking in stray animals.

3. take something ↔ in

to understand and remember new facts and information

ￚ synonym absorb

He watches the older kids, just taking it all in. His eyes quickly took in the elegance of her dress.

4. take something ↔ in

American English to collect or earn a particular amount of money

British Equivalent: take

5. to visit a place while you are in the area

They continued a few miles further to take in Hinton House.

6. American English old-fashioned if you take in a show, play etc, you go to see it

7. take somebody ↔ in

British English old-fashioned if the police take someone in, they take them to a police station to ask them questions about a crime

All five teenagers were arrested and taken in for questioning.

8. take something ↔ in

to make a piece of clothing fit you by making it narrower.

take off phrasal verb

1. REMOVE

take something ↔ off

to remove a piece of clothing

He sat on the bed to take his boots off. Charlie was taking off his shirt when the phone rang.

2. AIRCRAFT

if an aircraft takes off, it rises into the air from the ground

ￚ synonym lift off

I felt quite excited as the plane took off from Heathrow.

3. SUCCESS

to suddenly start being successful

Mimi became jealous when Jack's career started taking off.

4. HOLIDAY

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