take five

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Variant of take

take definition

take (tāk)

transitive verb took, taken tak′·en, taking tak′·ing

Etymology: ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base *dēg-, to lay hold of

intransitive verb

  1. to get possession
  2. to hook or engage with another part: said of a mechanical device
  3. to take root; begin growing: said of a plant
  4. to lay hold; catch the fire took rapidly
  5. to gain public favor; be popular
  6. to be effective in action, operation, desired result, etc. the vaccination took; the dye takes well
  7. to remove a part; detract (from) nothing took from the scene's beauty
  8. to be made or adapted to be taken (up, down, apart, etc.)
  9. Informal, Dialectal to become (ill or sick)
  10. Informal to be photographed in a specified way she takes well in profile
  11. Law to take possession of property

noun

  1. the act or process of taking
  2. something that has been taken
    1. the amount or quantity of something taken the day's take of fish
    2. Slang money received; receipts or profit
  4. a vaccination that takes
  5. Film
    1. an uninterrupted shot photographed by a camera
    2. the process of photographing such a shot
    1. any of a series of recordings or tapes of a performance, from which one will be made for release to the public
    2. the process of so recording
  7. Informal opinion; evaluation; assessment: followed by on what's your take on the new tax?
  8. Printing the amount of copy sent to the compositor at one time

Related Forms:

take Idioms

on the take

☆
Slang willing or seeking to take bribes or illicit income

take after

  1. to be, act, or look like
  2. to run after or pursue
    also take out (or off) after take out (or off) after

take a meeting

☆
Slang to attend a business conference

take amiss

  1. Archaic to be wrong concerning; mistake
  2. to misunderstand the reason behind (an act), esp. so as to become offended

take back

  1. to regain use or possession of
  2. to retract (something said, promised, etc.)
  3. to return (something), as to be exchanged

take down

  1. to remove from a higher place and put in a lower one; pull down
  2. to unfasten; take apart
  3. to make less conceited; humble
  4. to put in writing; record

take five (or ten, etc.)

☆
Informal take a break for five (or ten, etc.) minutes, as from working

take for

  1. to consider to be; regard as
  2. to mistake for

take hold

to take effect or become firmly established the new fad took hold quickly

take hold of

to seize; grasp

take in

  1. to admit; receive
  2. to shorten (a sail) by reefing or furling
  3. to make smaller or more compact
  4. to include; comprise
  5. to understand; comprehend
  6. to cheat; trick; deceive
  7. ☆ to visit, see, experience, etc. to take in all the sights
  8. to receive into one's home for pay to take in boarders

take it

  1. to suppose; believe
  2. ☆ Slang to withstand difficulty, criticism, hardship, ridicule, etc.

take it or leave it

accept it or not

take it out of

Informal
  1. to exhaust; tire
  2. to obtain payment or satisfaction from

take it out on

☆
Informal to make (another) suffer for one's own anger, irritation, bad temper, etc.

take off

  1. to remove (a garment, etc.)
  2. to draw or conduct away
    1. to go away; depart
    2. to absent oneself, as from work
  4. to deduct; subtract
  5. to kill
  6. to make a copy or likeness of
  7. to leave the ground or water in flight
  8. Informal to start
  9. Informal to imitate in a burlesque manner; parody: with on
  10. Informal to become very popular and successful
  11. Slang to rob

take on

  1. to acquire; assume (form, quality, etc.)
  2. to employ; hire
  3. to begin to do (a task, etc.); undertake
  4. to compete or play against; oppose
  5. Informal to show violent emotion, especially anger or sorrow

take one's time

to be slow or unhurried; delay

take out

    1. to remove; extract
    2. to deduct
  2. to obtain by application to the proper authority
  3. Informal to escort
  4. Slang to kill; specif., to assassinate
  5. Bridge to bid higher than (one's partner) but in a different suit

take over

to assume control or possession of

take to

  1. to develop a habit or practice of doing, using, etc.
  2. to apply oneself to (one's studies, work, etc.)
  3. to become fond of; care for; be attracted to
    1. to go to or withdraw to to take to the hills, take to one's bed with the flu
    2. to travel on or proceed by to take to the open road

take up

  1. to raise; lift
  2. to make tighter or shorter
  3. to pay off; recover by buying (a mortgage, note, etc.)
  4. to absorb (a liquid)
  5. to accept (a challenge, bet, etc.)
  6. to assume protection or custody of
  7. to interrupt in disapproval or rebuke: with on
  8. to resume (something interrupted)
    1. to become interested in or devoted to (an occupation, study, hobby, belief, etc.)
    2. to adopt (an idea)
  10. to occupy or fill (space or time)

take upon oneself

or take on oneself
  1. to take the responsibility for; accept as a charge
  2. to begin (to do something)

take up with

Informal to become a friend or companion of

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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take five Synonyms

take five

v.

take a break, break, unwind, slow down; see relax 1.


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