abbacy/ʹabəsee/ noun (pl abbacies)

• take somebody's word for it
• take somebody to task
• take some doing
• take something as read
• take something in good part
• take something in one's stride
• take something into account/take account of something
• take something into consideration
• take something on board
• take something/somebody seriously
• take something to heart
• take something to pieces
• take something under advisement
• take something with a pinch/grain of salt
• take stock
• take that!
• take the air
• take the biscuit
• take the bread out of somebody's mouth
• take the bull by the horns
• take the field
• take the fifth
• take the floor
• take the gilt off the gingerbread
• take the law into one's own hands