TAKE IT

{v. phr.} 1. To get an idea or impression; understand from what is said or done. - Usually used with "I". * /I take it from your silence that you don't want to go./ 2. {informal} To bear trouble, hard work, criticism; not give up or weaken. * /Henry could criticize and tease other boys, but he couldn't take it himself./ * /Bob lost his job and his girl in the same week, and we all admired the way he took it./