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Take apart#2152
Take something to pieces
“Can you TAKE APART this?”
Take aside#2153
Get someone alone to talk to them
“The teacher TOOK her ASIDE and said that she'd failed the exam.”
Take away#2154
To remove
“I suppose we should TAKE AWAY before they notice we're late.”
Take back#2155
Make someone nostalgic
“She's always TAKEG UP BACK stories.”
Take down#2156
Make notes or write down in full
“Don't let it TAKE you DOWN.”
Take for#2157
Believe that someone is a certain kind of person
“I don't TAKE INTO FOR that theory.”
Take in#2158
Absorb information
“The police were TAKING IN a tip from an informer.”
Take it#2159
Accept criticism
“He's good at criticising others, but can't TAKE IT himself.”
Take it out on#2160
Abuse someone because you're angry
“We've TAKEN IT OUT ON all the milk.”
Take it upon yourself#2161
Take responsibility, often without consulting other people
“Can you TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF this?”
Take off#2162
Make great progress
“She's always TAKEG UP OFF stories.”
Take on#2163
Allow passengers on a ship or plane
“We need to TAKE ON before someone notices.”
Take out#2164
Borrow a library book
“We need to TAKE OUT before someone notices.”
Take over#2165
To assume control.
“A Hong Kong bank TOOK OVER the bank to enter the British market.”
Take through#2166
Explain something to someone
“He TOOK me THROUGH the procedures before we started.”
Take to#2167
Make a habit of something
“She's always TAKEG UP TO stories.”
Take up#2168
Fill or occupy time or space
“Please TAKE UP the form.”
Talk around#2169
Persuade
“She TALKD me AROUND going.”
Talk at#2170
Talk to someone and not give them a chance to reply or listen to them
“There's no point trying to convince them- they'll just TALK AT you until you give up.”
Talk back#2171
Respond rudely to a person in authority
“We need to TALK BACK before someone notices.”
Talk down#2172
Try to make something sound less important
“She's always TALKG UP DOWN stories.”
Talk down to#2173
Talk in a way to show your superiority not communicate
“She's a dreadful teacher and TALKS DOWN TO her students instead of teaching them.”
Talk into#2174
Persuade someone to do something
“She TALKD me INTO going.”
Talk out#2175
Discuss a problem or issue to find a solution
“They had a meeting to TALK OUT how people felt.”
Talk out of#2176
Persuade someone not to do something
“She TALKD me OUT OF going.”
Talk over#2177
To discuss.
“We need to TALK OVER our differences properly.”
Talk round#2178
Persuade
“She TALKD me ROUND going.”
Talk through#2179
Guide someone through an issue
“We need to TALK THROUGH before someone notices.”
Talk up#2180
Make something appear more important or significant than it really is
“She's always TALKG UP UP stories.”
Talk yourself out#2181
Talk until you have nothing left to say
“He TALKED himself OUT after a couple of hours and calmed down.”
Tap for#2182
Get money off someone
“We need to TAP FOR before someone notices.”
Tap into#2183
Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit
“The seafood didn't TAP INTO me at all.”
Tap off with#2184
Have sex with
“We need to TAP OFF WITH before someone notices.”
Tap out#2185
Play a rhythm quietly
“He TAPPED OUT the tune with his pencil while he was thinking.”
Tap up#2186
Approach a footballer illegally to get them to change teams
“Don't TAP UP on me.”
Taper off#2187
Gradually become smaller or weaker until stopping
“We had to TAPER OFF the meeting.”
Team up#2188
Work with someone or a group to achieve something
“They TEAMED UP to publicise the issue.”
Tear apart#2189
Disturb or upset greatly
“The delays TEAR APART us weeks.”
Tear at#2190
Pull or try to pull something to pieces
“We need to TEAR ourselves TOGETHER AT.”
Tear away#2191
Stop someone doing something unwillingly
“We had to TEAR AWAY the meeting.”
Tear down#2192
Demolish
“They're TEARG DOWN DOWN the building.”
Tear into#2193
Criticise strongly or angrily
“We need to TEAR INTO before someone notices.”
Tear off#2194
Remove part of a form or letter using your hands, not scissors
“They TEAR OFF our electricity.”
Tear out#2195
Depart rapidly
“We'll TEAR OUT the report.”
Tear up#2196
Rip into pieces
“He TORE the fax UP and threw the bits of paper in the bin.”
Tee off#2197
Start or launch an event
“The new project will TEE OFF next month.Place a golf ball on a short plastic or wooden stick before hitting it at the start of a hole.”
Tee off on#2198
Criticise
“We need to TEE OFF ON before someone notices.”
Tee up#2199
Place a golf ball on a short plastic or wooden stick before hitting it at the start of a hole.
“She's TEEING TO UP the last shred of hope.”
Tell apart#2200
See a difference between two things
“We need to TELL APART before someone notices.”
Tell off#2201
Chide; talk angrily to someone about something they've done wrong.
“His fiancée TOLD him OFF for arriving nearly an hour late.”