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单词 take someone in
释义

take someone in

1Accommodate someone as a lodger or because they are homeless or in difficulties: the convent took in single Catholic ladies fallen on hard times...
  • Terry Evans took Barrett in when he was homeless and offered him a place to stay.
  • Seraph brought her to the convent, which took her in.
  • But people were really kind to us, they took us in and fed us and stuff, so it was pretty impossible to stay mad on the whole tour, and I was trying really hard.

Synonyms

accommodate, board, house, feed, put up, take care of, admit, let in, receive, welcome, take, billet, harbour
2Cheat, fool, or deceive someone: she tried to pass this off as an amusing story, but nobody was taken in...
  • The next moment they think they can take me in by tricks that a baby would see through - bless them!
  • We chuckled at how Bill Buckley had been taken in by a hoax involving postal taxes on internet mail.
  • In every situation, we demonstrate the clairvoyance of the dupe who swears that he will not be taken in again.

Synonyms

deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, trick, dupe, fool, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, gull, humbug, bluff, hoax, bamboozle
informal con, bilk, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put one over on
archaic cozen
See parent entry: take
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