take apart
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, apart.
Example Sentences
- "I carefully took the clock mechanism apart to clean it."
- "....then went close up to him, and took him apart into a dark corner. "I say," he began, with a thoughtful brow, "haven't I seen you before"
- "And besides, I was also enjoying the way you took them apart. You know, arguing with them like you did."
- "Argentine defender Martinez, normally so reliable and combative, was taken apart, especially when Salah led him a merry dance to set up Gakpo to settle the game with Liverpool's third five minutes after half-time."
- "For nearly an hour, I took them apart for failing to understand, connect with, empathize with, and listen to the American people.?"