Busy and Take

Busy

Busy verb - To hold the attention of.

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Take and busy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Busy and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Busy" with "Take", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

When Fujii refuses to take part, because she's busy solving a murder, Moriyama goes in instead.

Source: Literature / The Conditions of Great Detectives
She's so busy taking care of both Ame and Yuki that she can hardly take care of herself, and she has to quit school and her job to take care of both kids, until the family moves to the country.

Source: Anime / Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
About midway through The Dark Knight, while Bats and Gordon are busy elsewhere, the Joker manages to take Detective Stephens, a "20 year man", hostage.

Source: Put Down Your Gun and Step Away

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