Return
Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.
Usage example: when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
How words are described
| good | good return | good take |
| long | long return | long take |
| original | original return | original take |
| true | true return | true take |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, real, big, great, serious, little, bad, dark, animated, dramatic, next, bizarre, last, different, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Considering his role as the leader, the group was looking rough until a certain individual decided to return and take up his sword for a month until his return.
Source: Wrestling / Fortune -
If you stay in the room for about 13 minutes, he'll return and take you to another, secret ending.
Source: But Thou Must! -
Subverted after Nigel is revealed as The Mole: In that case, it's Du Quois ( who was with Nigel at the time) who plays the Almost Dead Guy...only for Latrine to return and take his proper place.
Source: Film / Top Secret!
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