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take it

Accept or believe something, as in I'll take it on the doctor's say-so . Also see the subsequent entries beginning with take it .
Understand, as in I take it they won't accept your proposal . [Early 1500s]
Endure abuse, criticism, harsh treatment, or unpleasantness, as in Tell me what you really think of me—I can take it . [Mid-1800s] This phrase is sometimes modified as take just so much , meaning “endure only up to a point.” For example, I can take just so much of this nonsense before I lose patience . Also see take it on the chin ; take lying down .

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Returning director Gavin O’Connor and screenwriter Bill Dubuque take it as faith that audiences will remember the backstory.

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Instead, foreigners come to the United States to purchase education from us and then take it home with them.

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Letitia, 26, admitted that they "didn't really take it so seriously" when they applied to take part in the programme, but were soon wondering if they were capable of completing the race.

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"The first thing we're going to do is is take it down to the Vauxhall garage that we got it from so that they can service it and do a diagnostic test on the battery and to find out if it's suffered at all."

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“Sometimes it’s scary, but mostly it’s really beautiful. … We decided in the very beginning we’re never going to mess with that. Our secret formula is, we are never going to wink, we’re never going to joke, we’re never going to be cynical. We’re going to take it more seriously than anybody else ever did.”

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