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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Demonstrating the need for efficient coat checks, one woman who couldn’t locate her coat grabbed Dakota’s and put it on and refused to take it off.
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
This is, however, a cross-brand problem with shorts, so take it with a grain of salt.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
Each face of the dreidel instructs a player to add gelt to the pot or take it from the pot.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
If so, take it is a message for you to not only rest, but also to put your belief system to rest in the meantime.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
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Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
This is, however, a cross-brand problem with shorts, so take it with a grain of salt.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
Each face of the dreidel instructs a player to add gelt to the pot or take it from the pot.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
If so, take it is a message for you to not only rest, but also to put your belief system to rest in the meantime.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for take it
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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