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He's bigger than you."},{"definition":"To grasp or grip.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He took her hand in his."},{"definition":"To select or choose; to pick.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll take the blue plates."},{"definition":"To adopt (select) as one's own.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She took his side in every argument."},{"definition":"To carry or lead (something or someone).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I'll take the plate with me."},{"definition":"To use as a means of transportation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester."},{"definition":"To visit; to include in a course of travel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To obtain for use by payment or lease.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He took a full-page ad in the Times."},{"definition":"To consume.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To experience, undergo, or endure.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to change to a specified state or condition.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He had to take it apart to fix it."},{"definition":"To regard in a specified way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He took the news badly."},{"definition":"To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"took a dim view of city officials"},{"definition":"To understand (especially in a specified way).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Don't take my comments as an insult."},{"definition":"To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); 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My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc."},{"definition":"To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He'll probably take this one."},{"definition":"To accept as an input to a relation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To get or accept (something) into one's possession.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. 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