take on water | Idiomator

Meaning: (of a ship, boat, or other watercraft)To slowly fill with water, as due to aleakor being washed by highwaves; to begin tosink.2012January 31, Charlie Cooper, Simon Rice, “How six would-be record-breakers ended up in seriously deep water”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved8 January 2016:The skipper, Matt Craughwell, said their boat had begun totake on waterafter being tossed, stern upwards, by huge waves.; (idiomatic,by extension)To be in an increasinglydifficultorriskysituation; tofalteror begin tofail.1994January 2, Peter Passell, “Clear Today; Tomorrow, Who Knows?; Catch '94”, inNew York Times, retrieved8 January 2016:While the heartland is chugging right along, the economies of Southern California and New England are stilltaking on water.2012June 22,Jennifer Rubin, “Why defend Obama’s abuse of executive privilege?”, inWashington Post, retrieved8 January 2016:Democrats on Capitol Hill . . . are struggling not to go down with the Obama campaign (which istaking on waterat an alarming rate).2014March 26, Mike Ozanian, “Baseball Team Values 2014 Led By New York Yankees At $2.5 Billion”, inForbes, retrieved8 January 2016:The team refinanced $250 million of debt and is no longertaking on waterunder the leadership of GM Sandy Alderson.

Examples:

EN: - This is where we take on water.
ES: Tenemos que reponer agua.
EN: They anchored here to take on water and abandon us when they surprised and killed the savages.
ES: Arribaron aquí para aprovisionarse de agua y abandonarnos cuando sorprendieron y mataron a los salvajes.
EN: With the streams drying up, we may not be able to take on water.
ES: Con los arroyos secándose, es posible que no podamos tomar agua.
EN: - It'll stop. They have to take on water for the upgrade.
ES: Parará, tienen que tomar agua para subir la pendiente.
EN: Now the train will come through the tunnel stop to take on water for the grade.
ES: Ahora el tren pasará por el túnelI parada para tomar agua para el grado.
EN: A train from the oil fields in the Caucasus makes a stop here to take on water.
ES: Un trén que llega de los campos petroleros va abastecerse de agua en Danków.
EN: Andthe only times we stopped were to take on water for the locomotive.
ES: Y las únicas paradas eran para echar agua a la locomotora.
EN: You've got three paddles, and you've got one bailer, 'cause you will take on water today, as rough as it is.
ES: Teneis 3 remos y un achicador de agua, porque las canoas se llenarán de agua.
EN: Your tent's going to take on water.
ES: Tu carpa va a acumular agua.
EN: I take on water, and I expand, and I may change the cabin pressure of that plane.
ES: Retengo el agua y me expando, y hasta podría cambiar la presión de la cabina.
EN: 'Ahead lay our biggest stop. 'Half-an-hour in Newcastle to take on water and more coal.
ES: Media hora en Newcastle para reabastecernos de agua y de más carbón
EN: Lifeboat starts to take on water.
ES: Empezamos a hacer agua.
EN: The Urca has a planned stop to take on water somewhere on the coast of Florida.
ES: El Urca tiene prevista una parada para obtener agua en algún lugar de la costa de Florida.
EN: There are a dozen bays and inlets within a day's journey from here that will make reasonable locations for the Urca to take on water.
ES: Hay una docena de bahías y entradas a un día de aquí que serían posibles lugares para que la Urca cargue agua.
EN: Speedwell began to wallow and take on water.
ES: Verónica comenzó a revolcarse y a hacer agua.

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