Bleed
Bleed verb - To feel deep sadness or mental pain.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Characters could take 10 boxes of Physical damage before they even started to bleed out, and could take a number of additional boxes equal to their Body attribute before finally dying.
Source: Little Useless Gun -
Lacerations from broken glass or carbide-edged cutting tools bleed incessantly, and often take longer to heal than similar cuts from a steel blade.
Source: Wound That Will Not Heal -
The only reason he is still alive is because the shot only partially severed an artery so it will take him a few more minutes to bleed out to death instead.
Source: Series / The Blacklist
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Take and Bleed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bleed/take
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