make (clothes) smaller | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally |
take into one's family | be fully aware or cognizant of |
take up mentally | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to |
fool or hoax | expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | convert into cash; of goods and property |
take up as if with a sponge | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages |
fold up | |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | |
accept | |
take in, also metaphorically | |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | |
see or watch | |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | |
call for and obtain payment of | |
visit for entertainment | |
provide with shelter | |
suck or take up or in | |