take it
idiom
1
: to start doing something : assume responsibility for something
I'll get you started, and you take it from there.
2
: to assume or suppose
I take it that you didn't get my message.
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Pop your disposable gloves in the trash bag, too, and take it out.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
The Senate, which was then controlled by Democrats, did not take it up.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
Google might prompt users to take it every now and then, but in my never humble opinion, doing so should be a mandatory exercise for all Android users at least once a month.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Texas is challenging the administration’s policy and the U.S. Supreme Court this year declined to take it up after the Biden administration sued Idaho.
—Geoff Mulvihill and Kevin S. Vineys, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
The Senate, which was then controlled by Democrats, did not take it up.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
Google might prompt users to take it every now and then, but in my never humble opinion, doing so should be a mandatory exercise for all Android users at least once a month.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Texas is challenging the administration’s policy and the U.S. Supreme Court this year declined to take it up after the Biden administration sued Idaho.
—Geoff Mulvihill and Kevin S. Vineys, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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