Fill
Fill verb - Fill to satisfaction.
Take
Take verb - Occupy or take on.
Usage example: She took her seat on the stage
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Take Our Word for It: Writers describe something they can't possibly live up to by showing it, so they just tell us what it's like, and let our imaginations fill in the gaps.
Source: Show, Don't Tell - Synopsis: Kink meme fill in which Eren and Mikasa must face the repercussions of letting Eren take his anger out in the form of having sex with his childhood friend, leading to an unwanted pregnancy.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Attack on Titan - Lionesses do all the work, and then the males bull in and take their fill (giving us a literal grounding in the phrase "lion's share"); the females and cubs can take from what's left when the males are done.
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Take and Fill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fill/take
Fill & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fill/take>.
Take or Fill. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fill/take.
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