Rant and Take on

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Rant verb - To talk loudly and wildly.

Usage example: when the salesclerk gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the sorry state of math education today

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Take on and rant are semantically related. in yell topic. In some cases you can use "Take on" instead a verb "Rant".

Nearby Words: ranting, ranted, ranter

Take on verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

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Rant and take on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rant" instead a verb "Take on".

Rant-Inducing Slight: Lampshaded in one scene where the heroes (except Raph) are at April and Casey's apartment coming up with a plan to take on Max Winters.

Source: Western Animation / TMNT
Interestingly enough, his first take on the character was even hammier, and the director asked him to dial it down to make the times he did rant and rave feel more powerful.

Source: Large Ham / Film
It gets worse in Volume 2, when in issue 6 he has a monologue rant that Laura thinks he doesn't understand what it is to have a dark side he can barely control, when he chose to take on the Vortex in the first place, even after he saw what it did to Beast.

Source: Characters / All-New X-Men

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