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[take time off] See: TIME OFF; Compare: DAY OFF.

[take time out] See: TIME OUT.

[take to]{v.} 1. To go to or into; get yourself quickly to. — Often used in the imperative. •/Take to the hills! The bandits are coming!/ •/We took to the woods during the day so no one would see us./ •/Take to the boats! The ship is sinking./ •/We stopped at a hotel for the night but took to the road again the next morning./ 2. To begin the work or job of; make a habit of. •/He took to repairing watches in his spare time./ •/She took to knitting when she got older./ •/Grandfather took to smoking cigars when he was young and he still smokes them./ •/Uncle Willie took to drink while he was a sailor./ •/The cat took to jumping on the table at mealtime./ 3. To learn easily; do well at. •/Father tried to teach John to swim, but John didn’t take to it./ •/Mary takes to mathematics like a duck takes to water./ 4. To like at first meeting; be pleased by or attracted to; accept quickly. •/Our dog always takes to children quickly./ •/Mary didn’t take kindly to the new rule that her mother made of being home at 6 o’clock./

[take to heart] also [lay to heart]{v. phr.} To be seriously affected by; to feel deeply. •/He took his brother’s death very much to heart./ •/He took his friend’s advice to heart./

[take to one’s heels] also [show a clean pair of heels]{v. phr.} To begin to run or run away. •/When he heard the police coming, the thief took to his heels./

[take to task]{v. phr.} To reprove or scold for a fault or error. •/He took his wife to task for her foolish wastefulness./ •/The principal took Bill to task for breaking the window./

[take to the cleaners]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). •/Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he’ll take you to the cleaners./ 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business transaction or other means of dishonest conduct. •/I’ll never forgive myself for becoming associated with Joe; he took me to the cleaners./

[take to the woods]{v. phr.}, {informal} To run away and hide. •/When John saw the girls coming, he took to the woods./ •/Bob took to the woods so he would not have to mow the grass./ Compare: HEAD FOR THE HILLS.

[take turns]{v. phr.} To do something one after another instead of doing it all at the same time. •/In class we should not talk all at the same time; we should take turns./ •/Jean and Beth took turns on the swing./ •/The two boys took turns at digging the hole./ •/The three men took turns driving so one would not be too tired./

[take under one’s wing] See: UNDER ONE’S WING.