Take meaning in English

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Definition

to take someone (somewhere): to lead, to show someone (somewhere) verb

This is an irregular verb:
I take someone / I took / I have taken
to take (something, time): to acquire, to bring, to choose (something); to consume, to demand (time) verb
to take a break: to relax, to pause from an activity idiom

Examples

  • "Susie : After dinner, Bruno took me to the hotel."
  • "Brian : I demand recompense... Take a new companion... Fail in this mission, and my wrath will be swift and brutal... Aaah!"
  • "Edward : Thanks for taking me out mining with you, Daddy."
  • "Take this test tube and put the ingredients you brought into it."
  • "Another airport official confirmed that Delavigne was inebriated, adding "He told his entourage to get on the ship and bring the wine, saying that it was time to "take this party to the motherf***in skies"."
  • "If you fix it, I'll take you back home to San Francisco."
  • "I shall take a new companion."
  • "I'll take your apathy."
  • "When we arrived in Paris, he took me to a restaurant in the Latin quarter for a romantic dinner."
  • "I took her arm so that I would never forget."
  • "To say thank you for all your hard work lately, and to celebrate our moderately successful first quarter sales, I'm pleased to announce that the senior staff of the Delavigne Corporation will be taking a team-building trip this weekend!"
  • "Brent : So Gloria, where are you taking me now?"
  • "Bruno : Betty had taken me to a restaurant where dishes were served in total darkness, where diners abandoned their vision and used only their other senses to experience the food they were eating."
  • "On behalf of the entire flight crew, we would like to thank you once again for choosing English Airlines, and we wish you a pleasant stay in London, or wherever your travels may take you."
  • "Is take the horse by its long brown face"
  • "Yesterday, Shoshana and Youri took me to the National Museum of Kalackistani History."
  • "I'll take two whiskies: one for me, and one for my horse."
  • "Horatio : ...I took her to Australia... But she was eaten by "Sharky" the shark."
  • "Let me just take you down the hall to Icarus Quincy's office."
  • "Only a man would take you to such an awful place."

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