English Words: T

27,828 words · Page 27 of 557

take slaveverb

To enslave someone; to strip someone of their freedom.

take soilverb

To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

take some beatingverb

To be difficult to beat; to be difficult to do better than.

take someone at their wordverb

To take someone literally even though they may not have been serious; to take someone seriously even though they were joking; to take up a challenge that was initially meant as a joke.

take someone for all they've gotverb

To totally deplete something from someone.

take someone out backverb

To get rid of; to eliminate.

take someone to brown townphrase

To have anal sex with someone.

take someone to the graveverb

To kill someone; to cause someone's death.

take someone's armverb

To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.

take someone's breath awayverb

To make a person feel emotionally moved in a pleasant way.

take someone's lifeverb

To kill someone; to cause someone's death.

take someone's name in vainverb

To speak insultingly about someone, especially behind their back.

take someone's placeverb

To replace someone or something.

take someone's word for itverb

To believe a person's claim, especially without personal verification.

take something as it comesverb

To accept and deal with something (an event, etc.) as it occurs, with a composed state of mind.

take something as readverb

To assume that everyone agrees that something is correct.

take something in strideverb

To cope with something unfortunate without much effort; to accept or manage difficulties well.

take something off someone's handsverb

To relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.

take something toverb

To apply (some instrument or implement) to (something else, to undertake a task or attack upon it, usually vigorously).

take something to the headverb

To consume or ingest (e.g. food, drink, drugs, etc.) through the mouth or by snorting; to take.

take stepsverb

To initiate a course of action, often against something that one disapproves of.

take stockverb

To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.

take thatintj

Used to accompany a (usually physical) attack by whoever is speaking.

Take Thatternoun

A member of the English boy band Take That.

take the baitverb

To nibble at bait on a hook.

take the biscuitverb

To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.

take the bitter with the sweetverb

To accept positive things with negative things.

take the bull by the hornsverb

To deal with a matter in a direct manner, especially to confront a difficulty rather than avoid it.

take the cakeverb

Used as an affirmation or accolade when one is deemed the top position in a comparison or contest; to win or be the best (at).

take the cash and let the credit goproverb

Exploit and enjoy the opportunities and pleasures available here and now and do not invest effort pursuing prospective future gratifications.

take the chairverb

To chair; to preside over as chairperson.

take the converb

To take over navigational duties on the bridge of a ship.

take the countverb

To be knocked out.

take the crossverb

To accept a sign or badge depicting the Christian cross as part of an oath or vow, especially to take part in a crusade.

take the easy way outverb

To cut corners; to follow the path of least resistance; to take shortcuts to avoid pain or having to struggle to achieve a desired result; to end or avoid a difficult situation in an easy or simple way that is not the best or most sensible or honorable solution.

take the edge offverb

To diminish the effects of (something unpleasant or severe); to dull.

take the fallverb

To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.

take the fieldverb

To go out onto the playing field.

take the fifthverb

To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.

take the flakverb

To be strongly criticised.

take the front seatverb

to take priority

take the game toverb

To use attacking tactics against.

take the gapverb

Synonym of gap it (“leave Rhodesia”).

take the gilt off the gingerbreadverb

To take away the most attractive or appealing qualities of something; to destroy an illusion.

take the heatverb

To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.

take the helmverb

To assume responsibility for steering a ship.

take the kneeverb

Alternative form of take a knee.

take the Lverb

To take the loss: to lose a game or competition and to accept that fact; to make a mistake or to otherwise be beset with unfortunate circumstances and recognize the outcome.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter T contains 27,828 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 557 pages, and you are currently viewing page 27. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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