Idiom
take check
Meaning
To take offence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He takes check whenever I mention his old job.”
“I did not mean to be rude, but she took check at my comment about her dress.”
“The politician took check at the journalist's pointed question, abruptly ending the interview before the audience could hear his response.”
Examples
simple
“He takes check whenever I mention his old job.”
contextual
“I did not mean to be rude, but she took check at my comment about her dress.”
complex
“The politician took check at the journalist's pointed question, abruptly ending the interview before the audience could hear his response.”
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