dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/tak_MWT.json
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{
"take a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"surprise",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renege",
"renounce",
"repeal",
"repudiate",
"retract",
"unsay",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradict",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"negative",
"abandon",
"bolt",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"revoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"affirm",
"assert",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"maintain",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"state",
"vouch",
"vow",
"back",
"confirm",
"defend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"maintain",
"support",
"uphold",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhere (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take off (on)":{
"as in mimic , imitate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"travesty",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take on":{
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"encounter",
"engage",
"face",
"meet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"decided to take her on as store manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"borrow",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticate",
"naturalize",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"take over",
"usurp",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"incorporate",
"quote",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"follow",
"heed",
"honor",
"use",
"utilize",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nurture",
"raise",
"rear",
"affect",
"assume",
"copy",
"imitate",
"pretend",
"put on",
"simulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take the count":{
"to undergo defeat":{
"examples":[
"There've been some setbacks, but I refuse to take the count just yet."
],
"synonyms":[
"bow out",
"fall",
"lose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"falter",
"tank",
"throw",
"forfeit",
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crack (up)",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take to task":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
]
},
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"examples":[
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes":{
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"versions",
"adaptations",
"translations"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"riffs",
"variations"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actions",
"behaviors",
"causes",
"effects"
],
"related":[
"backlashes",
"kickbacks",
"rebounds",
"recoils",
"reflexes",
"revulsions",
"rises",
"counterreactions",
"counter-reactions",
"counterresponses",
"counter-responses"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"reactions",
"replies",
"responses"
]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"related":[
"lots",
"rations",
"commissions",
"percentages",
"members",
"partitions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotments",
"allowances",
"cuts",
"ends",
"parts",
"pieces",
"portions",
"proportions",
"quotas",
"shares",
"slices"
]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deductions",
"losses",
"subtractions"
],
"related":[
"bags",
"earnings",
"gains",
"grosses",
"incomes",
"nets",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"receipts",
"returns",
"revenues",
"winnings",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"appropriations",
"collections"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounties",
"catches",
"hauls",
"yields"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissents (to)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes",
"protests",
"holds off",
"resists",
"withstands",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights"
],
"related":[
"accedes (to)",
"assents (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"confirms",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"acquiesces (to)",
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"shoulders",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"swallows",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"welcomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"has"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"related":[
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"related":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"treats"
]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
],
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"tags"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"antonyms":[
"animates"
],
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"related":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries off",
"claims",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"slays"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"related":[
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"negotiates (about)",
"trades (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"bids",
"offers",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"synonyms":[
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
],
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"wants",
"warrants"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carries",
"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"fits",
"holds"
]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars"
],
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"related":[
"entertains",
"welcomes",
"fellowships",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"admits",
"enters",
"receives"
]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"related":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"works"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"related":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"tolerates",
"wears"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"challenges",
"disputes"
],
"related":[
"accounts",
"accredits",
"understands",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"supposes",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"infers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"buys",
"credits",
"swallows",
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"takes hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"releases",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dates",
"goes out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"escorts",
"sees",
"courts",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"draws",
"removes",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounts",
"dislodges",
"abstracts",
"cuts",
"draws off",
"draws out",
"extracts",
"pulls",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounts",
"anchors",
"clamps",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots",
"sets up",
"sites",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"antonyms":[
"places",
"positions",
"puts"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking (away)":{
"as in removing , eliminating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminating",
"removing",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"imbuing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing",
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"tricking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"embracing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"raising",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping",
"upraising"
],
"related":[
"ascending",
"mounting",
"rising",
"rearing",
"upending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descending",
"dipping",
"falling",
"pitching",
"plunging",
"slipping",
"bearing",
"depressing",
"pressing",
"pushing",
"sinking",
"submerging"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropping",
"lowering"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"drinking",
"imbibing",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)"
],
"related":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopting",
"borrowing",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"taking on"
],
"related":[
"domesticating",
"naturalizing",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"incorporating",
"quoting",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"cultivating",
"following",
"heeding",
"honoring",
"using",
"utilizing",
"bringing up",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"copying",
"imitating",
"pretending",
"putting on",
"simulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"chastening",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"smirching"
],
"related":[
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"belittling",
"castigating",
"criticizing",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"writing off",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"defiling",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"boasting",
"celebrating",
"cheering",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting",
"acknowledging",
"recognizing",
"highlighting",
"playing up",
"spotlighting",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"advancing",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"elevating",
"exalting"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"dismounting",
"knocking down",
"striking"
],
"related":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"breaking up",
"disaggregating",
"disarticulating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"erecting",
"pitching",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembling",
"constructing"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"writing down"
],
"related":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes off (from)":{
"as in withdraws (from) , escapes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escapes",
"retreats (from)",
"vacates",
"withdraws (from)",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"abjures",
"cuts off",
"disowns",
"rejects",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"separates (from)",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"sacrifices",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"maroons",
"quits",
"strands",
"distances",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaims",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"keeps",
"owns",
"possesses",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking to task":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
],
"synonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewering",
"tweaking",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"blasting",
"clobbering",
"slamming",
"slashing",
"nicking (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"niggling",
"quibbling",
"whining",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"drubbing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"berating",
"castigating",
"crucifying",
"excoriating",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"hammering",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"pillorying",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"deriding",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"recommending",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking to":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"given",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"had"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceded (to)",
"assented (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"confirmed",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"acquiesced (to)",
"bowed (to)",
"capitulated (to)",
"given in (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"succumbed (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"abided",
"abode",
"borne",
"born",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"shouldered",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"swallowed",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"welcomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissented (to)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed",
"protested",
"held off",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"come down (with)",
"contracted",
"gone down (with)",
"got",
"gotten",
"sickened (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken out (with)",
"died (from)",
"succumbed (to)",
"failed",
"languished",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered (from)",
"shaken (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chosen",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"tagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"thrown away",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"gotten",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"negotiated (about)",
"traded (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"bidden",
"bid",
"bade",
"offered",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"borne",
"born",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carried",
"contained",
"seated",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"harbored",
"housed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bided",
"borne",
"born",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"gone",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forborne",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"credited",
"swallowed",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaten",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"dispatched",
"done down",
"got",
"gotten",
"got around",
"gotten around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overborne",
"overborn",
"overcome",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blown away",
"blown out",
"bombed",
"broken",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrown",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdistanced",
"outdone",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fallen",
"given up",
"gone down",
"gone under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"regulated",
"run",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitted",
"entered",
"received"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertained",
"welcomed",
"fellowshipped",
"fellowshiped",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"felled",
"killed",
"slain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"taken out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smitten",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take account of":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffed",
"doused",
"peeled (off)",
"put off",
"removed",
"shrugged off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husked",
"shed",
"kicked (off)",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"undressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"worn",
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"rigged",
"robed",
"suited"
],
"antonyms":[
"donned",
"put on",
"slipped (into)",
"thrown (on)"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"subtracted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"burgled",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"ripped off",
"robbed",
"stolen (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broken in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes issue":{
"to have a different opinion":{
"examples":[
"She took issue with the way the department was run."
],
"synonyms":[
"differs",
"disagrees",
"dissents",
"nonconcurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"collides",
"conflicts",
"contrasts",
"counters",
"debates",
"objects",
"opposes",
"protests",
"resists",
"contests",
"disputes",
"argues",
"bickers",
"falls out",
"quarrels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes",
"accepts",
"acquiesces",
"complies",
"consents",
"defers",
"subscribes",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"comes round",
"compromises",
"cooperates",
"gets along",
"sides"
],
"antonyms":[
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with their explanation of what happened in his report."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurs",
"excepts",
"expostulates",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests",
"remonstrates (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"fights",
"conflicts",
"debates",
"disputes",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"keens",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"balks",
"gags",
"sticks",
"censures",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"withstands",
"demonstrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"sanctions",
"accepts",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"adheres",
"complies",
"conforms",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"maintains",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take-home pay":{
"as in minimum wage , living wage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"paycheck",
"pay envelope",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"takes for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking":{
"very pleasing to look at":{
"examples":[
"had never seen such a taking city as Venice"
],
"synonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"likely",
"lovely",
"lovesome",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"well-favored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"charming",
"cunning",
"delightful",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"prepossessing",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"glorious",
"Junoesque",
"magnificent",
"resplendent",
"splendid",
"statuesque",
"sublime",
"superb",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"radiant",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"personable",
"pleasant",
"presentable",
"chocolate-box",
"prettyish",
"desirable",
"dishy",
"dollish",
"foxy",
"hot",
"luscious",
"nubile",
"pulchritudinous",
"seductive",
"sexy",
"toothsome",
"hunky",
"studly",
"arresting",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glossy",
"showstopping",
"showy",
"slick",
"snazzy",
"splashy",
"striking",
"zingy",
"photogenic",
"telegenic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"terrible",
"vile",
"unappealing",
"unappetizing",
"unimposing",
"unpleasant",
"unprepossessing",
"frumpish",
"frumpy",
"unbecoming",
"unshapely"
],
"antonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"plain",
"ugly",
"unaesthetic",
"unattractive",
"unbeautiful",
"uncomely",
"uncute",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasping",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenching",
"clinging (to)",
"clutching",
"holding on (to)",
"catching",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snatching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"dropping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"relinquishing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"turning over",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"having"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"confirming",
"consenting (to)",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"acquiescing (to)",
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"shouldering",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"swallowing",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"welcoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissenting (to)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"holding off",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"getting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering (from)",
"shaking (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"tagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"fitting",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying",
"containing",
"seating",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"trusting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admitting",
"entering",
"receiving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertaining",
"welcoming",
"fellowshipping",
"fellowshiping",
"confirming",
"ratifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"slaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"take into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow (for)",
"consider",
"factor (in or into)",
"provide (for)",
"regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"anticipate",
"contemplate",
"envisage",
"expect",
"foresee",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"plan",
"calculate",
"face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factor (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discount",
"disregard"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"reneges",
"renounces",
"repeals",
"repudiates",
"retracts",
"unsays",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"negatives",
"abandons",
"bolts",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"spurns",
"surrenders",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"maintains",
"proclaims",
"professes",
"states",
"vouches",
"vows",
"backs",
"confirms",
"defends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"espouses",
"maintains",
"supports",
"upholds",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces"
],
"antonyms":[
"adheres (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take for granted":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"say",
"suppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"credit",
"swallow",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"take",
"conjecture",
"figure",
"guess",
"reckon",
"surmise",
"suspect",
"suspicion",
"think",
"conceive",
"dream",
"fancy",
"imagine",
"perceive",
"preconceive",
"speculate",
"theorize",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disbelieve",
"discount",
"discredit",
"dispute",
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"wonder (about)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"belie",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"smirches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"dismounts",
"knocks down",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"breaks up",
"disaggregates",
"disarticulates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"builds",
"erects",
"pitches",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembles",
"constructs"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"reports",
"sets down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"accounting",
"calling",
"considering",
"counting",
"esteeming",
"holding",
"looking (on or upon)",
"rating",
"reckoning",
"regarding",
"setting down",
"viewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believing",
"deeming",
"feeling",
"sensing",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"fancying",
"imagining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take-no-prisoners":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a theater critic with a take-no-prisoners approach to reviewing Broadway's latest offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"take apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take for a ride":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"That scam artist really took us for a ride ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"fiddle",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"call",
"consider",
"count",
"esteem",
"hold",
"look (on or upon)",
"rate",
"reckon",
"regard",
"set down",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believe",
"deem",
"feel",
"sense",
"think",
"conceive",
"fancy",
"imagine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking up with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
"examples":[
"will you take that call?",
"took a cut in pay"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"have"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"assent (to)",
"concede (to)",
"confirm",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"acquiesce (to)",
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"shoulder",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"swallow",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissent (to)",
"object (to)",
"oppose",
"protest",
"hold off",
"resist",
"withstand",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"examples":[
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"fit",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry",
"contain",
"seat",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway",
"pan out",
"redound",
"result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I think we can take his word for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"buy",
"credit",
"swallow",
"trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"I know we can take that team"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"let's take each problem separately"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
"examples":[
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"admit",
"enter",
"receive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entertain",
"welcome",
"fellowship",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry off",
"claim",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down",
"suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[
"animate"
]
},
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
"examples":[
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"reaction",
"reply",
"response"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backlash",
"kickback",
"rebound",
"recoil",
"reflex",
"revulsion",
"rise",
"counterreaction",
"counterresponse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"action",
"behavior",
"cause",
"effect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
"examples":[
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounty",
"catch",
"haul",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"earnings",
"gain",
"gross",
"income",
"net",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"receipts",
"return",
"revenue",
"winnings",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoils",
"swag",
"appropriation",
"collection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"loss",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"cut",
"end",
"part",
"piece",
"portion",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
"examples":[
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"riff",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"version",
"adaptation",
"translation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"takes off (on)":{
"as in mimics , imitates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apes",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"imitates",
"lampoons",
"mimics",
"parodies",
"parrots",
"pillories",
"satirizes",
"travesties",
"baits",
"barracks",
"bugs",
"catcalls",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"heckles",
"needles",
"pesters",
"rags",
"targets",
"taunts",
"torments",
"chaffs",
"jives",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quizzes",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"teases",
"tweaks",
"twits",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"disparages",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"puts down",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"sneers (at)",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"laughs (at)",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"skewers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauds",
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"take",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway",
"pan out",
"redound",
"result"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"mother",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"maintain",
"provide (for)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"set up",
"sponsor",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"mind",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend",
"watch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrate",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"manage",
"operate",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"guard",
"patrol",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"baby",
"babysit",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"mother",
"shepherd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"pass over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosing",
"releasing",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acting out",
"airing",
"expressing",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"handling",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"pulling in",
"quelling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming",
"allaying",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"choking",
"inhibiting",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"swallowing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"repressing",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dating",
"going out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanying",
"escorting",
"seeing",
"courting",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"drawing",
"removing",
"withdrawing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounting",
"dislodging",
"abstracting",
"cutting",
"drawing off",
"drawing out",
"extracting",
"pulling",
"budging",
"dislocating",
"displacing",
"disturbing",
"moving",
"shifting",
"transferring",
"transposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounting",
"anchoring",
"clamping",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"setting up",
"siting",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"antonyms":[
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"boarded",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"release",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"date",
"go out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"escort",
"see",
"court",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"draw",
"remove",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking off (from)":{
"as in withdrawing (from) , escaping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaping",
"retreating (from)",
"vacating",
"withdrawing (from)",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"abjuring",
"cutting off",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"separating (from)",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"sacrificing",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"marooning",
"quitting",
"stranding",
"distancing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"harboring",
"having",
"holding",
"keeping",
"owning",
"possessing",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takeover":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take to or upon oneself":{
"examples":[
"took over the responsibility of caring for the animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"assume",
"bear",
"shoulder",
"undertake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take up",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"espouse",
"stand by",
"support",
"uphold",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"reaccept",
"reassume"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjure",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"abandon",
"abnegate",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"spurn",
"surrender",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack"
],
"antonyms":[
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"repudiate"
]
},
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"students protesting the war took over the college's radio station"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"expropriate",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"usurp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annex",
"attach",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"impound",
"repossess",
"sequester",
"assume",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"snatch",
"steal",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"occupy",
"preoccupy",
"trespass",
"embezzle",
"misapply",
"misappropriate",
"misuse",
"peculate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the new government's high-handed takeover of private industries"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriation",
"arrogation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"usurpation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexation",
"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"takes (away)":{
"as in removes , eliminates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminates",
"removes",
"clears",
"empties",
"deprives",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses",
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"leavens",
"implants",
"instills",
"plants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take exception":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took exception to my comments on standardized testing."
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosted",
"craned",
"elevated",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hefted",
"heightened",
"hiked",
"hoisted",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"perked (up)",
"picked up",
"raised",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upped",
"upraised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"mounted",
"risen",
"reared",
"upended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descended",
"dipped",
"fallen",
"pitched",
"plunged",
"slipped",
"borne",
"born",
"depressed",
"pressed",
"pushed",
"submerged",
"sunk"
],
"antonyms":[
"dropped",
"lowered"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"drunk",
"drank",
"imbibed",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopted",
"borrowed",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"taken on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"taken over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"thrown away",
"thrown out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken aback":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"thunderstruck",
"thunderstricken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blindsided",
"blown away",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shaken up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take to":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking exception":{
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took exception to my comments on standardized testing."
],
"synonyms":[
"demurring",
"excepting",
"expostulating",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting",
"remonstrating (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"quibbling",
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"fighting",
"conflicting",
"debating",
"disputing",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"bleating",
"carping",
"caterwauling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grizzling",
"grouching",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"grumping",
"hollering",
"keening",
"maundering",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"nagging",
"repining",
"screaming",
"squawking",
"squealing",
"wailing",
"whimpering",
"whinging",
"whingeing",
"whining",
"yammering",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"balking",
"gagging",
"sticking",
"censuring",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"disobeying",
"rebelling",
"withstanding",
"demonstrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"sanctioning",
"accepting",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"adhering",
"complying",
"conforming",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"maintaining",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"commending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"brutalizing",
"bullying",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"wronging",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"brutalizes",
"bullies",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"kicks around",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"messes over",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"burns",
"sandbags",
"victimizes",
"wrongs",
"beats (up)",
"messes (up)",
"roughs (up)",
"works (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"cherishes",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"babies",
"caters (to)",
"coddles",
"favors",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking by surprise":{
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was taken by surprise when I heard the news and had trouble getting my thoughts together."
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken a powder":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accept",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"back (up)",
"concur (in)",
"stand by",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"bear",
"endure",
"tolerate",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"commend",
"recommend",
"enjoy",
"like"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklist",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"dislike",
"mind",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"dissent (from)",
"object (to)",
"oppose"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take issue":{
"to have a different opinion":{
"examples":[
"She took issue with the way the department was run."
],
"synonyms":[
"differ",
"disagree",
"dissent",
"nonconcur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"collide",
"conflict",
"contrast",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute",
"argue",
"bicker",
"fall out",
"quarrel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accede",
"accept",
"acquiesce",
"comply",
"consent",
"defer",
"subscribe",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"come round",
"compromise",
"cooperate",
"get along",
"side"
],
"antonyms":[
"agree",
"assent",
"concur"
]
},
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
"examples":[
"He took issue with their explanation of what happened in his report."
],
"synonyms":[
"demur",
"except",
"expostulate",
"kick",
"object",
"protest",
"remonstrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavil",
"quibble",
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"fight",
"conflict",
"debate",
"dispute",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"keen",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"balk",
"gag",
"stick",
"censure",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"disobey",
"rebel",
"withstand",
"demonstrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"sanction",
"accept",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"adhere",
"comply",
"conform",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"maintain",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwritten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"overseen",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"regulated",
"run",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed (for)",
"considered",
"factored (in or into)",
"provided (for)",
"regarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"anticipated",
"contemplated",
"envisaged",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"planned",
"calculated",
"faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factored (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounted",
"disregarded"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"taken",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes to the cleaners":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"take up":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"raise",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift",
"upraise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascend",
"mount",
"rise",
"rear",
"upend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descend",
"dip",
"fall",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"slip",
"bear",
"depress",
"press",
"push",
"sink",
"submerge"
],
"antonyms":[
"drop",
"lower"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"drink",
"imbibe",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slurp",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopt",
"borrow",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticate",
"naturalize",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"take over",
"usurp",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"incorporate",
"quote",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"cultivate",
"follow",
"heed",
"honor",
"use",
"utilize",
"bring up",
"foster",
"nurture",
"raise",
"rear",
"affect",
"assume",
"copy",
"imitate",
"pretend",
"put on",
"simulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"forsake",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"abjure",
"abnegate",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"junk",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"providing (for)",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"setting up",
"sponsoring",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes for":{
"to think of in a particular way":{
"examples":[
"Don't take him for an idiot because he's actually very good at his job."
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"calls",
"considers",
"counts",
"esteems",
"holds",
"looks (on or upon)",
"rates",
"reckons",
"regards",
"sets down",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"believes",
"deems",
"feels",
"senses",
"thinks",
"conceives",
"fancies",
"imagines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking a walk":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"looses",
"releases",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts out",
"airs",
"expresses",
"states",
"ventilates",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"contains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"pulls in",
"quells",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"smothers",
"tames",
"allays",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"stills",
"chokes",
"inhibits",
"muffles",
"pockets",
"represses",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"swallows"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"represses",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dates",
"goes out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanies",
"escorts",
"sees",
"courts",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"draws",
"removes",
"withdraws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounts",
"dislodges",
"abstracts",
"cuts",
"draws off",
"draws out",
"extracts",
"pulls",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"moves",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounts",
"anchors",
"clamps",
"fixes",
"hitches",
"moors",
"secures",
"sets",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots",
"sets up",
"sites",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"antonyms":[
"places",
"positions",
"puts"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken off (from)":{
"as in withdrawn (from) , escaped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaped",
"retreated (from)",
"vacated",
"withdrawn (from)",
"delivered",
"given up",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"abjured",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"separated (from)",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"thrown away",
"thrown out",
"sacrificed",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"left",
"marooned",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stranded",
"distanced",
"disregarded",
"forgotten",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"had",
"harbored",
"held",
"kept",
"owned",
"possessed",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking the mickey out of":{
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"roasting",
"teasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bantering",
"fooling",
"funning",
"stringing along",
"jesting",
"quipping",
"wisecracking",
"gagging",
"japing",
"jollying",
"yukking",
"yucking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"takes in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"took in the stray dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"take out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loose",
"release",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act out",
"air",
"express",
"state",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"contain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"pull in",
"quell",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"smother",
"tame",
"allay",
"lull",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"still",
"choke",
"inhibit",
"muffle",
"pocket",
"repress",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"swallow"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"repress",
"suppress"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"date",
"go out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompany",
"escort",
"see",
"court",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"draw",
"remove",
"withdraw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demount",
"dislodge",
"abstract",
"cut",
"draw off",
"draw out",
"extract",
"pull",
"budge",
"dislocate",
"displace",
"disturb",
"move",
"shift",
"transfer",
"transpose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mount",
"anchor",
"clamp",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root",
"set up",
"site",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"antonyms":[
"place",
"position",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes care of":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his mother when she got sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"mothers",
"nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"We took care of our daughter until she graduated from college."
],
"synonyms":[
"keeps",
"maintains",
"provides (for)",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"finances",
"funds",
"patronizes",
"sets up",
"sponsors",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He took care of his neighbors' plants while they were on vacation."
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take off (from)":{
"as in withdraw (from) , escape":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"retreat (from)",
"vacate",
"withdraw (from)",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield",
"abjure",
"cut off",
"disown",
"reject",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"separate (from)",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling",
"jettison",
"junk",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"sacrifice",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"leave",
"maroon",
"quit",
"strand",
"distance",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaim",
"harbor",
"have",
"hold",
"keep",
"own",
"possess",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking kindly to":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"They didn't take kindly to his rude behavior."
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"approving (of)",
"caring (for)",
"countenancing",
"favoring",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"subscribing (to)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"backing (up)",
"concurring (in)",
"standing by",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"tolerating",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"commending",
"recommending",
"enjoying",
"liking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"disliking",
"minding",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"dissenting (from)",
"objecting (to)",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disfavoring",
"frowning (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken out":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"gone out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"seen",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drawn",
"removed",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drawn off",
"drawn out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"executed",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slain",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smitten",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"gotten",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes one's time":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"The students were advised to take their time on the test and not to rush."
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes up with":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"Since Aimee took up with Jared, the two have been virtually inseparable."
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken down":{
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"written off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
]
},
"to take apart":{
"examples":[
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken down",
"demounted",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"dismembered",
"dismounted",
"knocked down",
"struck",
"stricken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"broken up",
"disaggregated",
"disarticulated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"erected",
"pitched",
"combined",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembled",
"constructed"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"took down the customer's contact information"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotted (down)",
"logged",
"marked",
"noted",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"reported",
"set down",
"written down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicled",
"minuted",
"transcribed",
"enregistered",
"entered",
"inscribed",
"chalked (up)",
"notched",
"scored"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking off (on)":{
"as in mimicking , imitating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"travestying",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taking effect":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"You'll feel better once the medication takes effect ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"operating",
"performing",
"taking",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaving",
"reacting",
"responding",
"affecting",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"panning out",
"redounding",
"resulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfiring",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes the floor":{
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
"examples":[
"The senator took the floor to talk about international relations."
],
"synonyms":[
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recites",
"soliloquizes",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take-home pays":{
"as in minimum wages , living wages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"emoluments",
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
"payments",
"pays",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"taken back":{
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
"examples":[
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"forsworn",
"foresworn",
"recanted",
"reneged",
"renounced",
"repealed",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"unsaid",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"negatived",
"abandoned",
"bolted",
"forsaken",
"given up",
"relinquished",
"spurned",
"surrendered",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"declared",
"maintained",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"stated",
"vouched",
"vowed",
"backed",
"confirmed",
"defended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"espoused",
"maintained",
"supported",
"upheld",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced"
],
"antonyms":[
"adhered (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"taken to the cleaners":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beaten",
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"done",
"done in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shaken down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"taken (out)":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"examples":[
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosed",
"released",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acted out",
"aired",
"expressed",
"stated",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"handled",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"contained",
"curbed",
"held back",
"pulled in",
"quelled",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"tamed",
"allayed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"choked",
"inhibited",
"muffled",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"swallowed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottled (up)",
"repressed",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to go on a social engagement with":{
"examples":[
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dated",
"gone out (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"escorted",
"seen",
"courted",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take away from a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleared",
"drawn",
"removed",
"withdrawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demounted",
"dislodged",
"abstracted",
"cut",
"drawn off",
"drawn out",
"extracted",
"pulled",
"budged",
"dislocated",
"displaced",
"disturbed",
"moved",
"shifted",
"transferred",
"transposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mounted",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"moored",
"secured",
"set",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"set up",
"sited",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"antonyms":[
"placed",
"positioned",
"put"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"executed",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slain",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smitten",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"takes the mickey out of":{
"to make fun of in a good-natured way":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"chaffs",
"jives",
"jokes",
"joshes",
"kids",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"rides",
"roasts",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banters",
"fools",
"funs",
"strings along",
"jests",
"quips",
"wisecracks",
"gags",
"japes",
"jollies",
"yuks",
"yucks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"takes ship":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"The sailors took ship for home."
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"cruises",
"ferries",
"navigates",
"sails",
"ships (out)",
"voyages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoes",
"kayaks",
"yachts",
"coasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"taken",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed",
"panned out",
"redounded",
"resulted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes into account":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"Taking into account the possibility of stormy weather, we decided to spring for a cabin instead of pitching a tent."
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"take off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I can only stay for a few minutes, and then I'll need to take off again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"take off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"put off",
"remove",
"shrug off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
]
},
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"the store will take an additional 20% off if you bring in this coupon"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"subtract"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"discount",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[
"add",
"tack (on)"
]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"a gangbanger who decided to take off some fast-food joint"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rip off",
"rob",
"steal (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)":{
"examples":[
"make sure your tray table is safely put away during takeoff"
],
"synonyms":[
"blastoff",
"launch",
"liftoff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crash",
"splashdown"
],
"antonyms":[
"landing"
]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"a sitcom that's a takeoff of an old TV show from the 1960s"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"take hold (of)":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes account of":{
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
"examples":[
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
],
"synonyms":[
"allows (for)",
"considers",
"factors (in or into)",
"provides (for)",
"regards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"anticipates",
"contemplates",
"envisages",
"expects",
"foresees",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"plans",
"calculates",
"faces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factors (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"discounts",
"disregards"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"takes hold":{
"to produce a desired effect":{
"examples":[
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways",
"pans out",
"redounds",
"results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taking for granted":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"I took for granted that my car would start in the morning."
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"saying",
"supposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"taking",
"conjecturing",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"reckoning",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"dreaming",
"fancying",
"imagining",
"perceiving",
"preconceiving",
"speculating",
"theorizing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"disputing",
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"wondering (about)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"belying",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken apart":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"They threatened to take him apart if he ever showed up in their town again."
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"wronged",
"beaten (up)",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"taken a hike":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"gone",
"gone off",
"got",
"gotten",
"got off",
"gotten off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"run along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"taken off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"stricken out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flown",
"got out",
"gotten out",
"mizzled",
"run away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"gone out",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"come",
"shown up",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}