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42 CONVENTION If you say to someone ' take it or leave it ', you are telling them that they can accept something or not accept it, but that you are not prepared to discuss any other alternatives. □  A 72-hour week, 12 hours a day, six days a week, take it or leave it.

43 PHRASE If someone takes an insult or attack lying down , they accept it without protesting. □  The government is not taking such criticism lying down.

44 PHRASE If something takes a lot out of you or takes it out of you, it requires a lot of energy or effort and makes you feel very tired and weak afterwards. □  He looked tired, as if the argument had taken a lot out of him.

45 PHRASE If someone tells you to take five or to take ten , they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ]

46to be taken aback → see aback

47to take up arms → see arm ➋

48to take the biscuit → see biscuit

49to take the bull by the horns → see bull

50to take your hat off to someone → see hat

51to take the mickey → see mickey

52to take the piss out of someone → see piss

53to take something as read → see read

54to be taken for a ride → see ride

55to take someone by surprise → see surprise

56take my word for it → see word

▸  take after PHRASAL VERB [no passive] If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, your behaviour, or your character. □ [V P n] Ted's always been difficult, Mr Kemp–he takes after his dad.

▸  take apart

1 PHRASAL VERB If you take something apart , you separate it into the different parts that it is made of. □ [V n P ] When the clock stopped, he took it apart and found what was wrong. [Also V P n (not pron)]

2 PHRASAL VERB If you take apart something such as an argument or an idea, you show what its weaknesses are, usually by analysing it carefully. □ [V n P ] They will take that problem apart and analyse it in great detail. □ [V P n] He proceeds to take apart every preconception anyone might have ever had about him.

▸  take away

1 PHRASAL VERB If you take something away from someone, you remove it from them, so that they no longer possess it or have it with them. □ [V n P ] They're going to take my citizenship away. □ [V n P + from ] 'Give me the knife,' he said softly, 'or I'll take it away from you.' □ [V P n] In prison they'd taken away his watch and everything he possessed.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract one number from the other. □ [V n P + from ] Add up the bills for each month. Take this away from the income. [Also V P n, V n P ]

3 PHRASAL VERB To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a prison or hospital. □ [V n P ] Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away. □ [V P n] Soldiers took away four people, one of whom was later released.

4 → see also takeaway

▸  take away from PHRASAL VERB If something takes away from an achievement, success, or quality, or takes something away from it, it makes it seem lower in value or worth than it should be. □ [V P P n] 'It's starting to rain again.'—'Not enough to take away from the charm of the scene.' □ [V n P P n] The victory looks rather hollow. That takes nothing away from the courage of the fighting forces.

▸  take back