Her mistake during the presentation took down a notch her previously high reputation.

The unexpected defeat took down a peg the champion's confidence.

Tooba carefully adjusted the photos on the wall until they looked perfectly aligned.

After months of ignored complaints about the broken streetlights, she warned that anyone who took law into one's own hands would only make the situation worse.

During the conference, I note-took every recommendation so I could implement the best ideas.

When one took something off one's chest, a heavy burden seemed to lift.

The Toogoods volunteered every summer to restore the old lighthouse and welcome visitors.

At the investor meeting, she took a pitch from a startup founder and asked several follow-up questions.

After trying the homemade bread at the farmers' market, he took a liking to the baker's sourdough and visited every Saturday.

When the news of the mistake reached him, he took someone's head off, even though the error was clearly his own.