take your mind off something — phrase to make you stop thinking or worrying about something A good night out will help you take your mind off exams. Thesaurus: to make someone less nervous or upsetsynonym Main entry: mind * * * take your mind off sth idiom … Useful english dictionary
Take Me Out to the Ball Game — is an early 20th century Tin Pan Alley song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.cite web | url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200153239/def… … Wikipedia
take a bite out of something — take a bite out of (something) to reduce something. Work is taking a bite out of his free time. Usage notes: often used about money: Rising energy costs would take a bite out of people s wallets … New idioms dictionary
take the sting out of something — take the sting out of (something) to make something that is unpleasant a little less unpleasant. Humour, of course, can take the sting out of almost any unpleasant situation … New idioms dictionary
take the sting out of something — phrase to make something less unpleasant A pay bonus should take the sting out of the tax increases. Thesaurus: to reduce, or to remove the bad effects of somethingsynonym Main entry: sting … Useful english dictionary
take a bite out of something — phrase to reduce something by a large amount Getting a new car has taken a big bite out of our savings. Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry: bite … Useful english dictionary
take the steam out of something — mainly journalism phrase to make a situation less difficult or dangerous Hopefully the new measures will take the steam out of the refugee crisis. Thesaurus: to successfully deal with a problem or difficultysynonym Main entry: steam … Useful english dictionary
Take Me Out (song) — Infobox Single Name = Take Me Out Artist = Franz Ferdinand from Album = Franz Ferdinand Released = January 12, 2004 Format = 7 vinyl, 12 vinyl, CD, DVD Recorded = 2003 Genre = Indie rock, Disco Punk [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track… … Wikipedia
Take it Out in Trade — Infobox Film name = Take it Out in Trade caption = director = Edward D. Wood, Jr. producer = Edward Ashdown; Richard Gonzalez writer = Edward D. Wood, Jr. narrator = starring = Edward D. Wood, Jr. Duke Moore Nona Carver Michael Donovan O Donnell… … Wikipedia
take the sting out of something — If you take the sting out of something, you manage to reduce the severity or unpleasantness of something. A comforting voice and sympathetic attitude can take the sting out of bad news … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take it out on someone or something — tv. o punish or harm someone or something because one is angry or disturbed about something. □ I’m sorry about your difficulty, but don’t take it out on me. □ Don’t take it out on the cat … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
