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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
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Level
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Part of speech
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  • take a decisionphraseC1To reach and announce a formal choice.
  • take apartphraseB22 meaningsTo separate something into its component pieces.
  • take in/teɪk‿ˈɪn/phraseB26 meaningsTo understand and absorb something you are told or shown.
  • take stockphraseC1To pause and review how things actually stand.
  • take the law into your own handsphraseC1To punish somebody yourself instead of using the courts.
  • take the wind out of your sails
phrase
C1
To take away your confidence suddenly.
  • take with a pinch of saltphraseC1To not fully believe what you are told.
  • talk roundphraseC1To persuade somebody to change their mind.
  • that figuresphraseC1That fits exactly what I would have expected.
  • the ball is in your courtphraseC1It is now your turn to decide or act.
  • the calm before the stormphraseC1The strange quiet just before trouble breaks loose.
  • the cold shoulderphraseC1Deliberate unfriendly silence toward someone.
  • the edge overphraseC1A slight advantage that puts you in front.
  • the luck of the drawphraseC1Whatever chance happens to hand you.
  • the powers that bephraseC1The people in authority, whoever they may be.
  • the tools of the tradephraseC1The equipment a particular job requires.
  • the whole nine yards/ðə ˌhoʊl ˌnaɪn ˈjɑɹdz/phraseC1Absolutely everything that goes with it.
  • through thick and thinphraseC1Staying loyal in good times and terrible ones alike.
  • throw in the towelphraseC1To admit defeat and give up, as a boxer's corner does.
  • tide overphraseC1To help somebody through a hard stretch until things improve.
  • tie the knotphraseC1To get married.
  • tighten your beltphraseC1To spend less because money is short.
  • too many cooksphraseC1Too many people involved will spoil the work.
  • trail offphraseC1To become gradually quieter or fainter and then stop.
  • turn a blind eye/ˈtɜːn ə ˌblaɪ̯nd ˈaɪ̯/phraseC1To pretend not to notice something wrong.
  • turn the tablesphraseC1To reverse a situation so you now have the advantage.
  • turn tophraseC12 meaningsTo go to somebody or something for help.