Like
Took
Both words in one sentence
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Like "from whence" below, this does not stop people from using such phrases as "The car took off at a high rate of speed" instead of simply "a high speed".
Source: Shaped Like Itself -
Problems with the finicky technology took 17 years to work out and user experience issues like constantly flipping discs and changing worn playback needles were ignored.
Source: When All You Have Is a Hammer -
Similarly averted in "Anatomy Park" when Summer's boyfriend breaks down and confesses that his older brother "took him into the bushes" and "made him feel like a girl".
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Took and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/took
Like & Took. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/took>.
Took or Like. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/took.
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