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Take, put and bring
Take can be used as the opposite of give It means ?gain possession of', ?receive',
?obtain' and ?remove'
Don't take more than you give.
Everybody likes to give advice, but few can take it.
?He is not in at the moment Can I take a message?'
He has taken my money.
Take can be followed by two objects.
They took everything from me
I didn't take a penny from him
Take as the opposite of put
Take can be used as the opposite of put With this meaning it is used to talk about moving things away from their places
He took off his coat.
To talk about taking things out of a place, we can use prepositions / particles like o
ut of, from and off.
He took a pen from his pocket.
He took some money out of his purse.
Take that cap off the chair and sit down.
Take as the opposite of bring
Take can be the opposite of bring with a similar meaning to ?transport' or ?carry' With this meaning, take is used for movements which are not towards the speaker
or listener
I will take you to the station tomorrow morning (Movement towards the station)