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What does take to mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word take to? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
  2. (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards.
  3. (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
  4. (idiomatic, of persons) To be attracted to.
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This is a time of year when many Americans take to the roads for their summer holidays.
Ellen suppressed another shudder and gave a wan smile that she hoped he would take to mean the week would be a long one for her.
Two men in felt hats and raincoats cast long shadows outside what we take to be Parliament Buildings.
They spent three hours at the quayside and were assisted by lifeboatmen when they had to take to the sea to fight the blaze.
Flocks of magpie geese and whistling ducks, startled by the outboard, take to the air shattering the early morning silence with their calls.
Indians almost subconsciously take to cricket as a representation of the placid, karmic life.

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