1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context T t (3/8)

take out
I’ve got a rotten tooth and my dentist is going to take it out tomorrow. I
hope it doesn’t hurt too much!

take out sth
take sth out
take sth out of sth
After taking her purse out
of her handbag, she took
money out of her purse.

✍ ^

take out
David is taking his boyfriend out to dinner in a famous Japanese
restaurant tonight.

take sb out
take sb out to sth
take sb out for sth
Can you remember the
first time you took
someone out on a date?

✍  see also:^ ask out^

take out on
Bob often gets angry with his boss, but he can’t do anything about it so
he goes home and takes his anger out on his wife by yelling at her.

take sth out on sb/sth

He sometimes takes his
frustrations out on his dog
by giving it a little kick.

✍ ^

take over
The company’s new owner will take over next month, but until he does
the current manager will be in charge.

take over
take sth over
take over sth
We’re still looking for
someone to take over
from Lee when he retires.

✍ 

take to
The kids didn’t like their new teacher at first, but they’ve taken to him
since they started using games and having fun in his classes.

take to sb/sth

take to doing sth

My wife has recently
taken to gardening in a
big way. She loves it!

✍ 

take up

My father took golf up after he retired from work, and now he plays

nearly every day.

take sth up

take up sth

It’s good for recovering

drug addicts to take up a

team sport, like volleyball.

✍ ^ see also:^ take to^

take up
We’re selling the grand piano because it’s much too big for our new
apartment and takes up too much room.

take up sth

take sth up

He loves chess, but says
running the chess club
takes up too much time.

✍ ^

take up
If we can’t finish the job today, we’ll stop and take it up again in the
morning.

take sth up

take up sth

The committee will take
up the issue again when
they’ve got more details.

✍ 

take up
These jeans fit well around the waist, but they’re a bit too long. If I buy
them, will you take them up for me?

take up sth

take sth up

The skirt was too long but
she said she could take it
up herself at home.

✍ 

take up on
You should take Miguel up on his offer to help you out with your
website. I’ve seen one of his sites and it looks pretty good.

take sb up on sth

Let’s take Jenny up on her
invitation to stay at her
beach house.

✍ 