take it

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   to accept or receive something offered, including agreeing to buy it

2. Editorial25% of films

   used in “take it easy” to tell someone to relax, calm down, or not push so hard

3. Editorial10% of films

   to endure or put up with something unpleasant or upsetting

4. Oxford5% of films

   to suppose; to assume

In the movies · 476

• - The coast is clear, I take it? - Very clear.Gilda1946
• - I take it you didn't like him. - No, I didn't.Theatre of Blood1973
• And I take it you prefer the "take it or leave it" style of negotiation?Django Unchained2012
• Here! Take it. Take it!Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• Just take it, take it, take it.Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• Take it, take it. That's right.The Proposal2009
• Come on, take it, take it!Chicken Little2005
• Take it off! Take it off!Auto Focus2002

Learn it in full scenes

• The Proposal2009
  • Margaret Fires Bob
  • Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement
  • Margaret Fakes a Marriage Interview
• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman

From the same entry

• I, you, can't take anywhere
• have what it takes
• take as it comes
• take it from me
• take it on yourself to do
• can take it or leave it
• take it lot out of
• take some lot of doing
• take that
• take aback
• take after
• take against

More idioms

• go from bad to worse
• go the extra mile
• in effect
• it's not rocket science
• lie through your teeth
• show the ropes
• the thing
• the tip of the iceberg
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty