COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be taken ill (= become ill suddenly )
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Henry was suddenly taken ill and had to go to the hospital.
be taken/rushed/airlifted to hospital British English , be taken/rushed/airlifted to the hospital American English
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Three people were taken to hospital after a crash on the motorway.
point taken (= used to say to someone that you accept what they say )
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All right, point taken – I should have asked you first.
taken a battering
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Her self-confidence had taken a battering .
taken a quantum leap
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The treatment of breast cancer has taken a quantum leap forward.
taken a turn for the better (= started to improve )
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The president’s fortunes seem, at last, to have taken a turn for the better .
taken as a given
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The concept is taken as a given in social studies.
taken captive (= became a prisoner )
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His son had been taken captive during the raid.
taken hostage
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a family taken hostage at gunpoint
taken into protective custody
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The children were taken into protective custody .
taken...flak
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Lilley has taken a lot of flak for his views on drugs.
taken...toll
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Years of smoking have taken their toll on his health.
taken...wrong turning
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He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be taken aback (by sth)
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He was taken aback by the new demands of the job.
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I was taken aback , but deep down I wasn't totally surprised.
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Intel was taken aback by the intensity of public anger.
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Jonadab was taken aback , not being a man given to overt affection.
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She was taken aback to realise just how far her reservations about seeing him had disappeared.
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The authorities were taken aback , and took the unprecedented step of cordoning off the painting.
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The man spun round so swiftly that George was taken aback and tripped, falling on to the soft mud.
be taken bad
be taken ill/sick
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At two years and a half, he was taken ill with pneumonia.
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During the siege of Bristol he was taken ill with the plague and again feared for his life.
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His sister ate one, and was taken ill.
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Several of the team were taken ill.
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Taylor, 47, was taken ill last week while working on his third album in a Florida recording studio.
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Then Mum had cancer and Dad was taken ill at work.
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We were just about to go abroad when our usual nanny was taken ill and was advised not to travel.
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Whilst in Fort William she was taken ill with stomach pains.
be taken in
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Don't be taken in by products claiming to make you lose weight quickly.
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He seemed so confident, that I was completely taken in.
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He told me that it was a genuine diamond, and I was completely taken in.
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We were all taken in by the scheme and invested far more money than we should have.
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Phonemes, bits and pieces of the language spoken to and around him, are taken in along with other images.
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Radiographs of the women's lateral thoracic and lumbar spine were taken in a standardised manner.
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Students were to be taken in as boarders, having been recommended by a respectable person who knew them or their families.
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Thirdly, new land can be taken in, cleared and farmed, and new settlements created.
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Thus he may decide that although the investigation discloses a criminal offence, no action should be taken in the criminal courts.
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We had a tumbleweed like that in Arizona for a Christmas tree, but this photograph was taken in Colorado.
be taken short/be caught short
be taken with/by sth
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Even at the early hour I was taken with her freshness, her blond, tousled hair, her milk-warm voluptuous body.
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Great care was taken with his education, but teaching him what he did not wish to learn was a dangerous business.
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People in Bohemia had been so full of self-confidence that they were taken by surprise.
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Such action might be taken by all group members or by some members who formally or informally represent the entire group.
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The boy sustained a fractured left arm and was taken by ambulance to San Jose Medical Center.
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The initiative was taken by Bafuor Osei Akoto, a prosperous, go-ahead cocoa farmer of Kumasi.
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The pretty presenter was taken by ambulance to London's Charing Cross Hospital at 6 am with terrible stomach pains.
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This series of photographs was taken by a security camera at the Leeds Building Society.
have sth stolen/broken/taken etc