| 单词 | take liberties |
| 释义 | take libertiesBehave improperly or disrespectfully; also, make unwanted sexual advances. For example, He doesn't allow staff members to take liberties, such as calling clients by their first names, or She decided that if Jack tried to take liberties with her she would go straight home. This idiom uses liberties in the sense of “an overstepping of propriety,” and thus differs markedly from take the liberty of. [c. 1700] Make a statement or take an action not warranted by the facts or circumstances, as in Their book takes liberties with the historical record. Words nearby take libertiestake it out on, take its toll, take it upon oneself, take kindly to, take leave of, take liberties, Takelma, take lying down, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, taken, taken aback The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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