make (clothes) smaller | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose |
take into one's family | take or consume (regularly or habitually) |
take up mentally | use up (resources or materials) |
fool or hoax | habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense) |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | avail oneself to |
take up as if with a sponge | seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage |
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 | |