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take 
  vb 
1 abduct, acquire, arrest, capture, carry off, cart off  (slang) catch, clutch, ensnare, entrap, gain possession of, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, have, help oneself to, lay hold of, obtain, receive, secure, seize, win 
2 abstract, appropriate, blag  (slang) cabbage  (Brit. slang) carry off, filch, misappropriate, nick  (slang, chiefly Brit.) pinch  (informal) pocket, purloin, run off with, steal, swipe  (slang) walk off with 
3 book, buy, engage, hire, lease, pay for, pick, purchase, rent, reserve, select 
4 abide, bear, brave, brook, endure, go through, hack  (slang) pocket, put up with  (informal) stand, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, thole  (Scot.) tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand 
5 consume, drink, eat, imbibe, ingest, inhale, swallow 
6 accept, adopt, assume, enter upon, undertake 
7 do, effect, execute, have, make, perform 
8 assume, believe, consider, deem, hold, interpret as, perceive, presume, receive, regard, see as, think of as, understand 
9 be efficacious, do the trick  (informal) have effect, operate, succeed, work 
10 bear, bring, carry, cart, convey, ferry, fetch, haul, tote  (informal) transport 
11 accompany, bring, conduct, convoy, escort, guide, hold (someone's) hand, lead, usher 
12 attract, become popular, captivate, charm, delight, enchant, fascinate, please, win favour 
13 call for, demand, necessitate, need, require 
14 deduct, eliminate, remove, subtract 
15 accept, accommodate, contain, have room for, hold 
16  (slang) bilk, cheat, con  (informal) deceive, defraud, do  (slang) dupe, fiddle  (informal) gull  (archaic) pull a fast one on  (informal) stiff  (slang) swindle 
  n 
17 catch, gate, haul, proceeds, profits, receipts, return, revenue, takings, yield 
 
Antonyms  
 
1 free, let go, release 
2 give, give back, hand over, restore, return, surrender, yield 
4 avoid, dodge, give in, give way 
6 decline, dismiss, eschew, ignore, refuse, reject, scorn, spurn 
9 fail, flop  (informal) 
10 send 
14 add, put 

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