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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He’s used that money to purchase a platform, take it private, and effectively turn it into a megaphone for the world’s loudest racists.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
The stadium installed a giant friendship bracelet on the South Street entrance, but the wind forced them to take it down by midday Friday.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
But the dosage of the supplement and the best time to take it has remained largely a trial-and-error endeavor.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Endeavor has been seeking to divest assets since private equity firm Silver Lake agreed to take it private in a $13 billion deal back in April.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
The stadium installed a giant friendship bracelet on the South Street entrance, but the wind forced them to take it down by midday Friday.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
But the dosage of the supplement and the best time to take it has remained largely a trial-and-error endeavor.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Endeavor has been seeking to divest assets since private equity firm Silver Lake agreed to take it private in a $13 billion deal back in April.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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