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51take in hand — ► take in hand 1) undertake to control or reform (someone). 2) start doing or dealing with (a task). Main Entry: ↑take …
52take on — ► take on 1) engage (an employee). 2) undertake (a task). 3) acquire (a particular meaning or quality). Main Entry: ↑take …
53take the bit in one's teeth — take (or get or have) the bit in (or between) one s teeth begin to tackle a problem or task in a determined or independent way …
54task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …
55task — task1 W1S2 [ta:sk US tæsk] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: tasque, from Medieval Latin tasca tax or service to be done for a ruler , from taxare to tax ] 1.) a piece of work that must be done, especially one that is difficult or… …
56task — n. 1) to carry out, do, fulfill, perform; cope with; take on, undertake a task 2) to assign smb. a task 3) a delicate, ticklish; difficult; fruitless, hopeless; Herculean, monumental; irksome; menial; onerous; pleasant; unpleasant; unwelcome;… …
57take someone to task — REBUKE, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, lecture, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, arraign; informal tell off, bawl out, give someone a dressing down; Brit. informal tick off, carpet; formal… …
58take — verb (past took; past participle taken) 1》 reach for and hold with one s hands. 2》 carry or bring with one; convey or guide. ↘remove from a place. ↘subtract. 3》 accept or receive. ↘understand or accept as valid. ↘submit to,… …
59Task Force Baum — s, and other vehicles were lost. Camp Hammelburg Camp Hammelburg, located just 3 km south its namesake town, was originally used as a military training ground before World War I and again before World War II. It was converted into two separate… …
60Task Force on Childhood Obesity — The Childhood Obesity Task Force is a United States Government task force charged with reducing childhood obesity in the United States. It was founded on February 9, 2010 by the Obama Administration through a Presidential Memorandum, announcing… …
