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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.”

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