Base verb
Phrasal verbs with take
The verb take combines with 14 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
14 phrasal verbs · 41 meanings
take after
1 sense- Resemble a parent or relative
take along
1 sense- Bring someone or something with you
take apart
2 senses- Disassemble completely
- Criticise harshly
take aside
1 sense- Lead someone away from others to talk privately
take away
3 senses- Remove something from a place
- Buy food to eat elsewhere
- Subtract a number
take back
5 senses- Reclaim something you gave
- Retract a statement
- Carry something back to where it came from
take down
4 senses- Remove something from a higher position
- Write notes quickly
- Defeat or bring down
take forward
1 sense- Progress or develop a project
take in
3 senses- Understand and absorb information
- Deceive or cheat
- Alter clothing to make smaller
take off
3 senses- Remove clothing or accessories
- Leave the ground (airplane)
- Become suddenly successful
take on
4 senses- Accept a responsibility or challenge
- Employ new staff
- Compete against
take out
4 senses- Remove something from inside
- Invite someone to go somewhere socially
- Borrow from a library
take over
4 senses- Assume control of something
- Become more powerful or dominant
- Assume control of something
take up
5 senses- Start a new hobby or activity
- Occupy space or time
- Accept an offered opportunity
Practice the take family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of take with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.