See bring. Take occurs in numerous informal or incorrect expressions appearing in everyday conversation."Take and" (I took and hit him on the nose) is an illiteracy. In the expression "take, for example," take is unnecessary and should be omitted."Take in" is informal when used to mean "to attend" (We took in a show)."Take on" is informal in the sense of showing emotion (Don't take on so over the loss)."Take sick" is informal for "to become ill" (He took sick and nearly died)."Take it easy" and "Take care" are clichés. In fact,"Take it easy" and "Don't take any wooden nickels" are among the most tiresome of all hackneyed expressions.
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See bring, take
Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.