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单词 thesaurus/articles/to-take-something-from-someone
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Thesaurus article:to take something from someone

to take something from someone

These are all ways of saying that someone gets something from someone.

The most commonly used word for this istake.

He offered her the microphone but she wouldn't take it.
I decided to take the job.

If you want to talk about the physical act of taking something in your hand, you can use the expressiontake hold of.

Get ready to take hold of the baton as the next runner approaches.

If someonesnatchessomething from someone, they take it from their hands quickly, roughly, and rudely.

He snatched the letter out of my hands before I could read it.

If someone takes something from another person illegally, you say that theystealit, or in informal language, that theypinchit.

The car was stolen from right outside our house.
A thief pinched his wallet and phone.

For more words meaningsteal, see the article atsteal.

The wordseizeis used when something is taken by the police or other officials, especially because it is illegal or will be useful to an official inquiry.

Federal agents seized two computers.

If you want to tell someone that you are happy for them to take something, you can sayhelp yourselfor, if there is more than one person,help yourselves.

Help yourself to more pizza.
There's plenty of wood in the garage - help yourselves.

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