I
n. ( colloq. )
reaction
1) a double ~ ('delayed reaction') (to do a double ~)
illegal payments
2) on the ~ (they were all on the ~) ('they were all accepting bribes')
II
v.
1) to ~ (a matter) lightly; seriously
2) ( A ) ('to carry') she took a cup of tea to him; or: she took him a cup of tea
3) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ after ('to resemble') (he ~s after his father)
4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to construe') to ~ as (we took her gesture as a sign of friendship; I took his remark as a compliment)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to grasp') to ~ by (she took him by the hand)
6) ( D ; tr. ) ('to lead, accompany') to ~ for (she took her daughter for a walk; he took us for a ride)
7) ( D ; tr. ) ('to obtain, secure') to ~ for (I took the book for him)
8) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ for ('to assume to be') (do you ~ me for a fool?)
9) ( D ; tr. ) ('to obtain'); ('to remove') to ~ from (he took the book from her; I took the money from the safe)
10) ( d ; tr. ) ('to subtract') to ~ from (~ five from ten)
11) ( d ; tr. ) ('to carry') to ~ into (~ the chairs into the house)
12) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ into ('to bring into') (to ~ smb. into one's confidence; they took the prisoner into custody)
13) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ into ('to include') (to ~ smt. into consideration; we took all the facts into account)
14) ( d ; tr. ) ('to remove'); ('to deduct') to ~ off (I took the books off the shelf; they took ten pounds off the bill)
15) ( d ; tr. ) ('to carry') to ~ out of (~ the chairs out of the house)
16) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to like') (to ~ kindly to an offer; she took to them at once)
17) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to begin'); ('to engage in') (to ~ to drink; she took to gambling at the casinos; he took to fishing with great gusto)
18) ( d ; intr. ) ('to go'); ('to have recourse') to ~ to (to ~ to one's bed; to ~ to the streets; to ~ to the lifeboats; to ~ to the air-waves)
19) ( d ; tr. ) ('to lead, accompany, transport') to ~ to (to ~ smb. to dinner; she took us to the art museum; we took them to the station)
20) ( d ; tr. ) ('to carry') to ~ to (I took the books to the library; she took the money to the bank)
21) ( d ; tr. ) ('to move, transfer') to ~ to (they took the case to the supreme court)
22) ( D ; tr. ) ('to accept, bear') to ~ with (he took his punishment with a smile; to ~ a remark with a grain of salt)
23) ( M ) ('to consider'); ('to accept') I took him to be a friend; do you ~ this man to be your lawful wedded husband?
24) ( O ) ('to require') the job took us two hours
25) ( O ) ('to seize') we took him prisoner; to ~ smb. hostage
26) ( R ) ('to demand, require') it sometimes ~s courage to tell the truth
27) ( misc. ) she took it on herself to break the news; to ~ five ( esp. AE ; colloq. ) ('to have a five minute break'); they took the law into their own hands ('they dispensed justice without a trial'); to ~ smb. to court ('to sue smb.'); to ~ smb. under one's wing ('to protect and help smb.'); to ~ to one's heels ('to flee'); to ~ by storm ('to overwhelm completely'); to ~ by surprise ('to surprise'); to ~ smt. lying down ('to accept a defeat without protest'); to ~ smt. for granted ( see granted )