Left and Took

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Left noun - A political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom.

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Took is an antonym for left.

Nearby Words: leftover, leftist, lefty, leftism, leftmost

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Left is an antonym for took.

Sport is poor and does the cooking and housework for his dad, who is a starving writer — his mother left and took all the money.

Source: Literature / Harriet the Spy
After her older brothers were killed in battle and her younger brother taken hostage, she was the only child of the Greyjoy line left and took on the role her eldest brother would have served at her father's side.

Source: Action Girl / Live-Action TV
Literal Metaphor: When Peggy tells Ed Warren that her ex-husband took the music from their lives when he left, she is not using a figure of speech, the guy took the record collection with him.

Source: Film / The Conjuring

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