take one's part

take one's part
support someone, side with

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • take someone's part — SUPPORT, give one s support to, take the side of, side with, stand by, stick up for, be supportive of, back (up), give one s backing to, be loyal to, defend, come to the defence of, champion. → part * * * take someone s part To support or side… …   Useful english dictionary

  • take one's departure — index abandon (physically leave), part (leave) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • To take one's measure — measure meas ure (m[e^]zh [ u]r; 135), n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr. metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr. me tron, E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • take — [tāk] vt. took, taken, taking [ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base * dēg , to lay hold of] I to get possession of by force or skill; seize, grasp, catch, capture, win, etc. 1. to get by conquering; capture; seize 2. to trap, snare …   English World dictionary

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  • part — part1 [pärt] n. [ME < OE & OFr, both < L pars (gen. partis) < IE base * per , to sell, hand over in sale, make equal > L par, equal, parare, to equate] 1. a portion or division of a whole; specif., a) any of several equal portions,… …   English World dictionary

  • take — ► VERB (past took; past part. taken) 1) lay hold of with one s hands; reach for and hold. 2) occupy (a place or position). 3) capture or gain possession of by force. 4) carry or bring with one; convey. 5) remove from a place. 6) …   English terms dictionary

  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (film) — One Thousand and One Arabian Nights Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto Produced by Osamu Tezuka Atsushi Tomioka …   Wikipedia

  • part exchange — UK US noun [uncountable] british a method of buying something new such as a car by giving your old one as part of the payment for the new one in part exchange: They offered to take my old car in part exchange. Thesaurus: describing ways of buying …   Useful english dictionary

  • part — I (place) noun area, division, locale, location, premises, purlieus, quarter, room, section, site, spot associated concepts: part in a courthouse II (portion) noun allocation, allowance, amount, bit, chip, chunk, collop, component, constituent,… …   Law dictionary

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