take it
Idioms-
Understand, as in I take it they won't accept your proposal . [Early 1500s]
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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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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 .
Example Sentences
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“Any question, any criticism, any opinion, you have to take it on the chin today,” Arteta said after the game.
“I think I first just put it there and wondered when someone was going to tell me to take it away. And nobody ever did.”
From Los Angeles Times
While hearing the case earlier this month, the Supreme Court criticised WhatsApp's "take it or leave it policy", saying that it was a way of "committing theft of private information".
From BBC
While they initially didn't take it seriously, just three weeks later, they had bought a mobile home and were packing their bags ready to leave their Hereford homes for a new life in Wales.
From BBC
"I'm not sure how I've got away with that one but I'll take it."
From BBC
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