Quote and Take

Quote

Quote verb - To give as an example.

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

Nearby Words: quotation, quoted, quoting, quotable

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

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Quote and take are semantically related in extract topic. Sometimes you can use "Quote" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Similarly, his famous quote 'If one cannot be loved, be feared' often leaves off the last part of the quote, to 'avoid being hated,' to avoid what often happens when the people won't take it anymore.

Source: Who's Laughing Now?
An old adage in tabletop RPGs, and similar to this trope, is "If you stat it, they will kill it." This is probably a take-off of the Predator quote, "If it bleeds, we can kill it."

Source: Lord British Postulate
Take That, Us: The Lampshade Hanging quote about the door mocks how similar situations would pop up in older Dark Forces games.

Source: Video Game / Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy aka: Jedi Academy

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