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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toadaptto; tolearn,graspormaster.Although he had never skated before, hetook toit quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease.Shetook toswimming like a fish.1941September, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part V”, inRailway Magazine, page396:This new batch was sent to Leicester shed, and the redoubtable enginemen who had made such a reputation for themselves with theex-G.C.R. Atlanticstook tothe "B17s" immediately, although, of course, they required quite different driving methods; [...].; (idiomatic)Toenter; togointoormovetowards.As the train rushed through, thousands of birdstook tothe air at once.When I felt slepy Itook tomy bed.1975, “Rhiannon”, inStevie Nicks(lyrics),Fleetwood Mac(music),Fleetwood Mac[1], performed byFleetwood Mac:Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night / And wouldn't you love to love her? /Takes tothe sky like a bird in flight / And who will be her lover?2013June 7,Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page18:WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as theytook tothe streets.; (idiomatic)Tobegin, as a newhabitorpractice.After the third one was rejected, shetook toasking the department to check the form before she submitted it.1865November (indicated as1866),Lewis Carroll[pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Advice from a Caterpillar”, inAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London:Macmillan and Co.,→OCLC, [poem “You Are Old, Father William”],page65:"In my youth," said his father, "Itook tothe law, / And argued each case with my wife;[…]"2022July 27, Sir Michael Holden, “In praise of Crossrail 1... and in search of Crossrail 2”, inRAIL, number962, page34:I made a trip out on the line on Day 7 of public operation, and was delighted to see pretty steady use all along the line, even off-peak. It's clear that Londoners are quicklytaking totheir new railway.; (idiomatic,of persons)To beattractedto.2002December 22, Kerry Hardie, “First Chapter:A Winter Marriage”, inNew York Times, retrieved9 June 2015:She met Ned when he was looking anyway. . . . And hetook toher, he liked her crooked straightness from the start.
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