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单词 take liberties
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If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
Try to make your writing exciting, without taking liberties with the truth. [+ with]
She knew she was taking a big liberty in developing Mick's photos without his knowledge.
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take liberties in British English

to be overfamiliar or overpresumptuous (with)
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take liberties in American English

1. 
to be too familiar or impertinent in action or speech
often used with with
2. 
to deal (with facts, data, etc.) in a distorting way
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Examples of 'take liberties' in a sentence
take liberties

He sensed that this was a man with whom it would be unwise to take liberties.
NULL DARE CALL IT TREASON (2003)
Where clergymen are concerned," said Martin warningly, `people shouldn't take liberties with anything.
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS (2003)
Huskies were a little too close to wolves to take liberties with, in his opinion.
S. M. Stirling T2®: THE FUTURE WAR (2003)
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