1 grip, seize, grasp, clasp, get, get or take hold of, grab, snatch, clutch, catch, capture, obtain, lay hold of, lay (one's) hands on, procure, acquire, gain (possession of), take possession of, secure, win, carry off, abduct, Colloq nab:

2 pick, select, choose, opt for, settle or decide or fasten on or upon:

3 appropriate, arrogate, extract, carry off or away, steal, purloin, pilfer, filch, palm, rob, shoplift, pocket, remove, walk off or away with, run or make off or away with; embezzle, misappropriate, peculate; plagiarize, pirate; Colloq lift, swipe, snitch, Chiefly Brit pinch, nick, Slang knock off, hook, rip off, liberate, US boost, crook:

4 reserve, book, engage; hire, rent, lease:

5 acquire, get, adopt; assume, derive, obtain, draw, receive, inherit:

6 accept, receive, bear, withstand, stand, endure, weather, tolerate, abide, brave, go through, undergo, suffer, submit to, swallow, Colloq put up with, brook, stomach, Brit stick:

7 assume, bear, undertake, adopt, arrogate; acknowledge, accept:

8 believe, think, judge, deem, hold, feel; take for, assess (as), consider (as), regard (as), view (as), accept (for):

9 carry, convey, bear, transport, bring, deliver, ferry; haul, cart:

10 take up, study, be involved or occupied in or with, apply oneself to, learn; read, Colloq tackle:

11 prove or be effective or efficacious or operative or functional, take effect, take hold, operate, function, work, perform, Colloq do the trick:

12 exact, extract, get:

13 swallow, eat, consume, ingest, devour, gulp down, gobble up or down, wolf, bolt; drink, imbibe, quaff; inhale:

14 subtract, deduct, remove, take away, take from, take off:

15 end, terminate, annihilate, wipe out; kill:

16 require, demand, need, necessitate, call for:

17 hold, contain, accommodate, accept, fit in:

18 convey, lead, conduct; escort, convoy, guide, accompany:

19 understand, gather, interpret, perceive, apprehend, deduce, conclude, infer, judge, deem, assume, suppose, imagine, see:

20 charm, captivate, capture, attract, lure, allure:

21 use, employ, make use of, establish, put in(to) place, adopt, put into effect, effect, apply; resort to, have recourse to, turn to:

22 clear, get or go over or past or round or through:

23 experience, entertain, feel:

24 express, voice, raise, put forth:

25 cause or make or induce or drive or persuade (someone) to go or be:

26 act, assume, play, perform:

27 bilk, cheat, swindle, defraud, Colloq con, Brit fiddle:

28 take aback. astound, astonish, surprise, startle, shock:

29 take after. a resemble, look like, be the spitting image or the spit and image of, favour, remind one of, Colloq be a chip off the old block:

(b) Sometimes, take off after. chase, follow, run after, pursue:

30 take back. retract, withdraw, recant, disavow, repudiate:

31 take down.

(a) note, make a note or memo or memorandum of, write down, record, put or set down, put in writing, document, transcribe, chronicle:

(b) debase, deflate, lower, diminish, belittle, depreciate, deprecate, humble, humiliate, shame, disparage, degrade, disgrace:

32 take in.

(a) accommodate, receive, let in, quarter, board, lodge:

(b) deceive, fool, trick, impose upon, overcharge, cheat, mulct, defraud, cozen, bilk, dupe, gull, hoodwink, swindle, Colloq bamboozle, con, pull the wool over (someone's) eyes, Slang Brit do:

(c) include, subsume, embrace, comprise, cover, encompass, contain:

33 take it.

(a) withstand or tolerate or survive punishment or abuse, survive:

(b) See 20, above.

34 take off. a remove, doff, strip or peel off, discard, divest (oneself) of:

(b) satirize, lampoon, caricature, mock, parody, travesty, burlesque, mimic, imitate, Colloq spoof, Brit send up:

(c) depart, leave, go (away), decamp; fly off, become airborne, lift off, blast off; Colloq skedaddle, make (oneself) scarce, Slang hit the road, scram, beat it, split:

35 take on.

(a) hire, engage, employ, enrol, enlist, retain:

(b) challenge, rival, face, contend against, oppose, match or pit (oneself) against, vie with, fight:

(c) assume, accept, undertake, tackle:

36 take out. entertain, escort, invite out; court, woo:

37 take over. assume or take or usurp or gain control or possession or command of:

38 take to.

(a) like, find pleasant or pleasing, feel affection or liking or affinity for, find suitable:

(b) leave or depart or take off for, run for, head for, flee to, make for:

39 take up.

(a) pick up, accept, agree to, acquiesce to, accede to:

(b) assume, resume, carry on, continue, go on with, follow on with, pick up:

(c) espouse, embrace, become interested or involved in, support, sponsor, advocate:

(d) occupy, cover, use (up), fill (up):

(e) deal with, treat, consider, bring up, raise:

40 revenue, takings, yield, return, receipts, proceeds, gain, profit(s); gate, box office: