- take someone off informal,
- take someone off informal,chiefly Brit.mimic someone humorously.→ take
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take someone off informal,
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take someone off — MIMIC, impersonate, imitate, ape, parody, mock, caricature, satirize, burlesque, lampoon, ridicule; informal spoof, send up. → take … Useful english dictionary
take someone to task — REBUKE, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, lecture, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, arraign; informal tell off, bawl out, give someone a dressing down; Brit. informal tick off, carpet; formal… … Useful english dictionary
take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
take — verb (past took; past participle taken) 1》 reach for and hold with one s hands. 2》 carry or bring with one; convey or guide. ↘remove from a place. ↘subtract. 3》 accept or receive. ↘understand or accept as valid. ↘submit to,… … English new terms dictionary
take someone out — 1 he asked if he could take her out: GO OUT WITH, escort, partner, accompany, go with; romance, woo; informal date, see, go steady with; dated court. 2 … Useful english dictionary
take someone out — 1) he asked if he could take her out Syn: go out with, escort, partner, accompany, go with; romance; informal date, see, go steady with; dated court, woo 2) informal the sniper took them all out Syn: kill … Thesaurus of popular words
take someone in — 1 she took in paying guests: ACCOMMODATE, board, house, feed, put up, admit, receive; harbour. 2 you were taken in by a hoax: DECEIVE, delude … Useful english dictionary
take someone to task — Bryce took me to task for having borrowed his car Syn: rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, castigate, lecture, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, arraign; informal tell off, bawl out, give… … Thesaurus of popular words
carry someone off — KILL (OFF), cause the death of, take/end the life of, finish off; informal do in. → carry … Useful english dictionary
take — [tāk] vt. took, taken, taking [ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base * dēg , to lay hold of] I to get possession of by force or skill; seize, grasp, catch, capture, win, etc. 1. to get by conquering; capture; seize 2. to trap, snare … English World dictionary
