Today we’ll learn some phrasal verbs with the verb TAKE. There are lots of them, so we’ll have to make just a tiny selection here. In the examples below you can see pairs of sentences with the same meaning, the first sentence in each pair containing a regular verb and the second sentence containing its synonymous phrasal verb.
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In the video version you have the opportunity to first guess the phrasal verb by looking at the regular verb with the same meaning, so if you like challenges like that, go for it. If not, just keep reading. Here’s the video:
Examples of Phrasal Verbs with the Verb TAKE
He had to disassemble his computer to see what was wrong and then put it back together again.
He had to take apart his computer to see what was wrong and then put it back together again.
disassemble = take apart
My doctor told me to stop using the new medicine.
My doctor took me off the new medicine.
tell sb to stop using sth = take sb off sth
My boss decided to employ his wife as his secretary.
My boss decided to take his wife on as his secretary.
employ = take on
They were deceived by a man who said he was collecting money for a charity.
They were taken in by a man who said he was collecting money for a charity.
deceive = take in
She’s a busy person and I don’t think she has time to undertake any new responsibilities right now.
She’s a busy person and I don’t think she has time to take on any new responsibilities right now.
undertake = take on
He resembles his father in height and build.
He takes after his father in height and build.
resemble = take after
Fortunately I managed to write down the phone number on the newspaper I was just reading.
Fortunately I managed to take down the phone number on the newspaper I was just reading.
write down = take down
He got to like her as soon as she first smiled at him.
He took to her as soon as she first smiled at him.
get to like = take to
Since he has gained control over the factory, sales have more than doubled.
Since he has taken over the factory, sales have more than doubled.
gain control over sth = take over sth
The Wilsons let him stay in their house for the summer.
The Wilsons took him in for the summer.
let sb stay in your house = take sb in
It was impossible to understand all this data right away.
It was impossible to take all this data in right away.
understand = take in