Home of English Grammar

Free Guide (Updated for 2023)

  • Home
  • Download Lessons
  • Grammar Rules
  • Online Exercises
  • Online Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Terms / Expressions with take

Expressions with take

November 2, 2013 - pdf

Take is one of the most frequently used words in English. Needless to say, nearly fifty expressions in current use incorporate the verb take.

Take something / somebody for granted

There are two meanings for this expression.

To take somebody for granted is to benefit from their help without bothering to acknowledge it.

  • Children often take their parents for granted. (= Children benefit from their parents’ help but they do not always acknowledge it.)
  • You can’t take her for granted. She has no obligation to help you.

To take something for granted is to assume that it will happen.

  • In a democratic system, we take many things for granted.

Take it as it comes

To take things as they come is to deal with them in order.

Take it lying down

To take it lying down is to suffer insult without protesting.

  • She is an independent woman. Don’t expect her to take it lying down.

Take it on the chin

To take it on the chin is to boldly accept a difficult or bad situation without complaining.

  • Although her latest book was panned by critics, she took it on the chin and started working on the next.

Take it out on someone

To take it out on someone is to give vent to your frustration by being unpleasant to someone.

  • If he has a bad day at work, he will take it out on his wife.

Take one’s breath away

If something takes your breath away, it is extremely beautiful.

  • Her beauty took his breath away.

Take someone to the cleaners

To take someone to the cleaners is to deprive them of their money or valuables.

  • They took me to the cleaners.

Take someone for a ride

To take someone for a ride is to deceive them.

  • I lent him $100 without realizing that he was taking me for a ride.
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
1,190,757 
548,936 

Check Your Grammar

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Tense January 27, 2023
  • Degrees Of Comparison Exercise January 26, 2023
  • Because vs. Because Of January 24, 2023
  • Mixed Grammar Exercise January 24, 2023
  • Both, Either, Neither January 23, 2023
  • Determiners Exercise January 23, 2023
  • Conjunctions Exercise January 22, 2023
  • Wish, Would Rather, Had Better | Grammar Exercise January 20, 2023
  • Each vs. Every January 20, 2023

Topics

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Business Writing
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Creative Writing
  • Difference
  • Essay Writing
  • Exercises
  • Learning
  • Lessons
  • Nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Quiz
  • Spelling
  • Style Guide
  • Teaching
  • Terms
  • Verbs
  • Words
  • Writing

Quiz

  • Can you correct these 14 basic grammar mistakes?
  • What kind of writer are you?

Copyright © 2023 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap