make (clothes) smaller | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness |
take into one's family | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) |
take up mentally | make (offspring) by reproduction |
fool or hoax | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | enter or assume a certain state or condition |
take up as if with a sponge | give certain properties to something |
fold up | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | receive a specified treatment (abstract) |
accept | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
take in, also metaphorically | reach by calculation |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of |
see or watch | be a mystery or bewildering to |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner |
call for and obtain payment of | communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone |
visit for entertainment | move into a desired direction of discourse |
provide with shelter | take vengeance on or get even |
suck or take up or in | attract and fix |
| go or come after and bring or take back |
| succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase |
| reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot |
| overcome or destroy |
| earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher |
| apprehend and reproduce accurately |
| evoke an emotional response |
| irritate |
| reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress |
| reach and board |
| leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form |
| go through (mental or physical states or experiences) |
| suffer from the receipt of |
| perceive by hearing |
| receive as a retribution or punishment |
| come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| achieve a point or goal |
| purchase |
| acquire as a result of some effort or action |