to accept something as real or true
to allow someone to stay in your house or your country
to do work for someone else in your home
to go to an entertainment or sport
to include something
to make a piece of clothing more narrow or tight, so that it fits you
to spend time looking at something
to trick someone into believing something that is not true
to understand and remember something that you hear or read
And there were too many flowers for Johnny to take in all at once.
Don’t be taken in by their promises.
He still hasn’t really taken in his father’s death.
His face was huge, dazzlingly white, utterly familiar; the light was blinding: she couldn't take in what was happening.
I’m not sure how much of his explanation she took in.
Livy was too excited and tired to take in much of what was said.
She couldn't even begin to take in everything she was hearing.
She has started taking in ironing.
The book takes in the period between 1891 and Lenin’s death.
We decided to take in lodgers.
We sat there taking in the scenery.
We took in a couple of films.
refugees who were taken in during the war
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taking in
took in
taken in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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