Quinean
/ˈkwʌɪnɪən/(also Quineian, Quinian)
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Quine or his theories, especially on empiricism and the nature of meaning.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Philosophical and Phenomenological Research. From the name of Willard Van Orman Quine, U.S. logician + -ean.
- take someone in rear
- take someone into one's confidence
- take someone off
- take someone on
- take someone out
- take someone out of themselves
- take someone's breath away
- take someone's name in vain
- take someone/something in hand
- take someone's (or one's own) life
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up
- take someone up on
- take some (or a lot of) beating
- take something amiss
- take something apart
- take something as read