Phrasal verbs: Take

EOI MAÓ C1 2016/17

Take on You’ve taken on too much!

Assume, accept

Take over from George has taken over from Bill as managing

director

Take someone else’s position when they leave

Take back I shoudn’t have said that, I take back

everything I said.

To apologise for sth you’ve said and admit you were wrong.

Take out a subscription I’ve taken out a year’s subscription to the

National Geographic magazine.

Order and pay for a number of magazine issues.

Take sth apart Sam took the DVD player apart to see

what was wrong with it

Separate an object into pieces.

Take to They have taken to each other.

Immediately like someone when you meet them

Take down She took down lots of notes

Wrte information in a notebook.

Take sb for Sorry! I took you for a friend of mine!

Mistakenly believe that a person is someone else.

Take after

Look very similar

Take up I’ve just taken up a new hobby.

Start a new activity on a regular basis.