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TAKE-IN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take-in mean?
• TAKE-IN (noun)
The noun TAKE-IN has 1 sense:
1. the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
Familiarity information: TAKE-IN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("take-in" is a kind of...):
deceit; deception; dissembling; dissimulation (the act of deceiving)
Derivation:
take in (fool or hoax)
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