Phrasal Verbs 'Take’ - Learn English Like A Native

ten phrasal verbs using take hello everyone my name is Anna English this is

baby English and we are very excited to be introducing you to 10 phrasal verbs

using the verb take now for every phrasal verb I introduce I would like

you to write sentence using that phrasal verb in the comment section below and I

will try to correct you number one take down take down means to remove something

usually something that you put up for example you put up a picture on the wall

if you don't like that picture then you might take it down take down is often

used in the digital world when talking about websites pictures or videos many

people on in YouTube if they do not follow the Community Guidelines will

have their videos taken down take down can also be used to mean

this mantle so if you had to put together furniture and then you are

taking it apart you could say I took down the Wardrobe on my own or I put up

the bed on my own I can take it down on my own I can take it apart and dismantle

it so tell me have you taken something down recently or have you ever had

something taken down today I took a picture down and a few months ago I had

a video taken down which was most distressing

Would you look at that. Look

at what? those two getting all fruity in the back of the bowl. Since when was

pineapple interested in vegetables? hmm I think an avocado is technically a

fruit actually. no! I think you'll find it is, google it if you don't believe me.

well fruit or vegetable I would love to know his secret I'm much more attractive

than he is and she said the idea of snuggling up with me made her blow

chunks I don't get it. it's all about the

language. I hear she's highly attracted to

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after to take after normally you take after a person someone in your family

who is older than you and it means that you have similarities to that person

perhaps in your personality in the way you look in the way that you behave in

the way that you speak for example I could say I take after my mum in terms

of my looks or I take after my grandma I love languages and sometimes I wonder if

my baby will take after me who do you take after number three

take out take out normally you take a person out now typically this is used

when talking about taking someone on a date a romantic date but it can be used

to talk about just accompanying someone out for the day I could take my mother

out for example if she came to visit me in

London I would take her out for the day and it literally does means I'm going to

accompany her escort her out to a restaurant or out to the park or

whatever it is we've got planned so yesterday I took my mother out to the

theme park I remember the first time my boyfriend took me out it was so romantic

number four take in take in has a number of meanings firstly it can mean to

absorb information so if you've been given some information that is difficult

to understand perhaps it's shocking in some way perhaps it makes you feel

emotional you might need some time to absorb it to take it in so if I have

given you some bad news and you're obviously upset then I might say I give

you some time to take it all in or I might say to you at the end of a

business meeting hmm that was a wonderful presentation but I need a few

days to take it in take in can also mean to accept somebody into your home to

stay for example if you were desperate for a place to stay you have nowhere to

go you have hungry cold I would say to you

hey don't suffer I'll take you in come into my home I'll feed you I'll give you

a place to stay for a few nights make yourself comfortable

on this very old couch therefore I have taken you in have you ever taken anyone

in taking is also what you do to your clothing

if it's too big so I might say I need to take this dress in it's too big for me

and it's literally where you take some clothing you fold it over

usually on a join and you stitch it to make it smaller and tighter you take it

in now that's only at the sides in fact if you are taking the legs of your

trousers up then we say take up I need to take them up finally take in can mean

to deceive or to fool someone so if someone phones me up and lies to me

and fools me pretends to be my bank manager and I give them all my personal

details and my bank details then you could say Anna was completely taken in

by the man on the phone I was deceived I was fooled have you ever been taken in

by someone trying to scam you I hope not number 5 take away take away now we

often use this phrase when referring to food that is prepared in a restaurant

and then taken home to eat so if I'm hungry and I cannot be bothered to cook

which doesn't happen often then our phone my local takeaway

restaurant and say hello I'd like to order a Thai green curry please and

they'd say fine we'd sort out the payments the delivery and it would be

delivered to my door or I would go and pick it up and that food would be called

a takeaway so you could say last night I had a

takeaway it was delicious when was the last time you had a

takeaway number 6 take over now to take over have you ever been accused of

taking over I certainly have especially as a child

to take over means to take control you yes I am a control freak and I often

take over so imagine I am running a company and I decide I want to take some

time off to look after my baby and you come in and say it Anna I will take over

your responsibilities I will run the business while you are away

therefore you are taking over my position you are taking over my company

you took over last week I hope it's going well

number seven take up take up now we came across this one earlier you would take

up your trousers if they are a little bit too long but take up also has many

other more common uses for example if you begin a new hobby

or a sport perhaps then you would be taking up a hobby or taking up a sport

so a few years ago I took up gymnastics I started gymnastics a few years before

that I took up playing squash so that was a new hobby

sport that I took on my mum when she hit 50 took up flower arranging have you

recently taken up a hobby we also use take up when we mean to accept an offer

so for example if you offer to take me out for a day out in your country and

show me the sights and show me the best places to eat then I might take you up

take you up on your offer then later I would say last year when I visited this

country I took my friend up on their offer to

show me around I took my friend up on their offer so

have you ever taken anyone up on their offer and finally take up can also mean

to fill a space so at the moment because I'm so large

and I get very uncomfortable when I sit on this couch with my partner he says

that I take up most of the room because I spread out

I take up most of the space I fill the space number eight take on to take on

means to accept responsibility or additional commitment usually we use

this when talking about work so if you work as a contractor and you have many

contracts then you could say I think I've taken on too many contracts or I

can't take on any more work I can't accept any more commitment or

responsibilities as a teacher at the moment I am not taking on any new

students because of course I have something else to deal with in the very

near future but after the baby is born I may be taking on new students number

nine take off take off is a phrasal verb we use when talking about planes or

rockets or anything that leaves the ground so it means to leave the ground

to fly so a bird takes off a plane takes off the rocket will launch or take off

you might also hear take off being used when talking about a company or a brand

if a brand takes off then it means it suddenly become very popular I could

even say my video or my course has taken off it's become very very popular very

quickly almost like a plane flying into the sky finally take off can be used to

mean leave suddenly so if I in the middle of a conversation

grab my bag and run off then you could say what's wrong with Alice she just

took off is she okay number ten take back to take something back is to

retrieve something that you had once given away so if I give you

a flower they here have a sunflower just for you

and then I decide actually I want the sunflower for myself and I might take

back the sunflower of course it would be very rude to take back a gift but you

know sometimes it happens take back can also be used when you've done something

or said something wrong or something you regret and you wish that you could

rewind and undo it but you can't so you say I wish I could take it back or I

take back everything I said it's just the way of expressing that you regret

what's happened or you regret what you've said so if I say something

completely unethical or completely out of character that offends lots of people

then I would say I sincerely apologize I take it all back I take back what I said

I didn't mean to offend anybody and a special little bonus number eleven take

apart ah yes to take apart similar to take down this phrasal verb

means to dismantle but more specifically it really means to pull something to

pieces so you take it apart for example if I am a mechanic and I want to build a

car then I might have to take apart another car so I dismantle it so I could

find all the bits and parts that I need to build the new car so I take apart

that old car that doesn't work and I build a new car exciting well guys I

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