Shift and Take

Shift

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

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Take and shift are semantically related in move topic. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Shift".

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

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

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

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

clear	clear shift	clear take
long	long shift	long take
similar	similar shift	similar take
complete	complete shift	complete take
Other adjectives: original, single, obvious, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, subtle, interesting, new, major, dramatic, final, negative, unusual, odd, next, strange, bizarre, last, different.

responsibility	shift responsibility	take responsibility
job	shift job	take job
advantage	shift advantage	take advantage
time	shift time	take time
Other words: way, level, blame, minutes, forms.

The silliness of this gets mentioned late in the book by Piggy, who notes that they take one shift at keeping the fire lit, even though they should split up and take two.

Source: Literature / Lord of the Flies
When they do shift, they take on the mentality of their alternate form, which is inconvenient at best and sometimes dangerous to themselves or others.

Source: Literature / Kitty Norville
The genre shift doesn't take place near the end, resulting in a cry of Twist Ending or Deus ex Machina.

Source: Genre Shift / Literature

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