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take for — verb keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view (Freq. 2) take for granted view as important hold these truths to be self evident I hold him personally responsible • Syn: ↑deem, ↑hold, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
take — I [[t]te͟ɪk[/t]] USED WITH NOUNS DESCRIBING ACTIONS ♦ takes, taking, took, taken (Take is used in combination with a wide range of nouns, where the meaning of the combination is mostly given by the noun. Many of these combinations are common… … English dictionary
take for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms take for : present tense I/you/we/they take for he/she/it takes for present participle taking for past tense took for past participle taken for take someone/something for someone/something to believe something … English dictionary
wrong, wrongly — Wrong is both an adjective and an adverb. It is correct to say That s the wrong attitude to take and Everything went wrong that day. Wrongly, an adverb only, should be used before a verb: The word was wrongly pronounced. Wrong in its adverbial… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Double Take (1998 film) — This article is about the 1998 thriller. For the 2001 film, see Double Take (2001 film). For the 2009 film, see Double Take (2009 film). Double Take Directed by Mark L. Lester Written by Edward and Ralph Rugoff Sta … Wikipedia
To take an act thing amiss — Amiss A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
use wrongly — index abuse (misuse), exploit (take advantage of), ill use, misemploy, mishandle (maltreat) … Law dictionary
mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever … Word origins
