take it
idiom
1
: to start doing something : assume responsibility for something
I'll get you started, and you take it from there.
2
: to assume or suppose
I take it that you didn't get my message.
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Under House rules, once a privileged resolution is introduced, the House must take it up within two legislative days.
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John Parkinson, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s because state law does not allow election workers to process absentee ballots before Election Day — a bipartisan bill to change that passed the Assembly, but Republicans in the state Senate did not take it up.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
The city parks department will take it from there and, in a few years, visitors can spread a blanket and have a picnic.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
He’s used that money to purchase a platform, take it private, and effectively turn it into a megaphone for the world’s loudest racists.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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John Parkinson, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
That’s because state law does not allow election workers to process absentee ballots before Election Day — a bipartisan bill to change that passed the Assembly, but Republicans in the state Senate did not take it up.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
The city parks department will take it from there and, in a few years, visitors can spread a blanket and have a picnic.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
He’s used that money to purchase a platform, take it private, and effectively turn it into a megaphone for the world’s loudest racists.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Take it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20it. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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