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Meaning of "take liberties" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE LIBERTIES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE LIBERTIES

take into consideration
take issue
take it
take it easy
take it into one´s head
take it on the chin
take it out of
take it to the wire
take leave
take leave of one´s senses
take no notice of
take no prisoners
take note
take notice
take occasion
take odds
take off
take off one´s hat to
take offence
take on

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE LIBERTIES

activities
celebrities
champerties
charterparties
cities
communities
counterparties
dirties
facilities
forties
humanities
joinder of parties
liberties
parties
properties
Roaring Forties
shorties
sporties
the Roaring Forties
thirties

Synonyms and antonyms of take liberties in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «take liberties» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE LIBERTIES

Find out the translation of take liberties to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take liberties from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take liberties» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

调戏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomarse libertades
570 millions of speakers

English

take liberties
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वतंत्रता लेना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتخاذ الحريات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вольно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar liberdades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বাধীনতা গ্রহণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre des libertés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambil kebebasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich Freiheiten herausnehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

勝手なことをする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자유를 가지고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk wewenang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có quyền tự do
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுதந்திரம் எடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वातंत्र्य घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özgürlükleri almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendersi delle libertà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pozwolić sobie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вольно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia libertăților
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να ελευθερίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem vryhede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta sig friheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta seg friheter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take liberties

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE LIBERTIES»

The term «take liberties» is normally little used and occupies the 111.541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE LIBERTIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take liberties

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3 QUOTES WITH «TAKE LIBERTIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take liberties.
1
Andre Breton
There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
2
Brian Setzer
Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.
3
Aaron Sorkin
We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going to take liberties, small liberties, with Air Force One, as we take small liberties with our White House set.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE LIBERTIES»

Discover the use of take liberties in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take liberties and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gender and Germanness: Cultural Productions of Nation
With her ambitious three-and-one-half-hour documentary film, Liberators Take Liberties, Sander's gaze rests on German women who were raped, some repeatedly, predominately by Red Army soldiers, the purported liberators, an irony which ...
Patricia Herminghouse, Magda Mueller, 1997
2
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
on the level honest or true ♢ We are there when the inspections are done, so we know that everything is on the level. do your (level) best See at best level the playing field See at playing FIELD liberties take liberties (with sb) to be friendly with ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
3
Triangulated Visions: Women in Recent German Cinema
21 Helke Sander's Liberators Take Liberties and the Politics of History ❖ Marie- Luise Gattens Helke Sander reconstructs in her documentary film Liberators Take Liberties and the book accompanying it the history of the rape of German women  ...
Ingeborg Majer O'Sickey, Ingeborg von Zadow, 1998
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Liberties and Identities in the Medieval British Isles
... abused.49 Remembering this point of principle, we can see it was not incompatible for the king to order his justiciar to take liberties which had exceeded their rights into the king's hand whilst also ordering that a new liberty should be created ...
Michael Prestwich, 2008
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Taking Liberties
... which meant they made no attempt to spirit her off to some private alcove or darkened garden path for the purpose of taking liberties with her person. What she needed, she thought irritably, was to take liberties with them. And that was when ...
Jackie Barbosa, 2011
6
Romanticism and Gender
Darcy and Elizabeth may live happily ever after, but only if Darcy permits his wife to “take liberties" with him. For as Jane Austen tells us on the last page of the novel, Georgianna Darcy, who had always stood in awe of her much older brother, ...
Anne K. Mellor, 2013
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The distinction between words esteemed synonymous in the ...
He who makesfree, will foon take liberties. She who makes free with the men, invites them to take liberties with her. Those who make free irr words, give reafon to believe they will take liberties in actions. However familiar you may be with men ...
John Trusler, 1794
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Ontology and the Art of Tragedy: An Approach to Aristotle's ...
Liberties art may not take thus safeguard the basic relationship between art and life as mimesis 2 and provide the framework within which art may and must take liberties. Art may not take into its own representational content objects that have ...
Martha Husain, 2002
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt
22 Note that I have not said the NASB or NIV never take liberties. For example, the NIV is more literal than the NASB in 1 Tim 2:11 when it says "learn" (vs. the NASB "receive instruction"). 23 I want to acknowledge that at times these ...
T. Scott Womble, 2008
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
For a second, Andrew wondered if Denny had taken leave of his senses. take liberties (with) sillem lirshem me, veproj lirisht me, kam dore te lire (liri veprimi) me □ She told him to stop taking liberties, O Just because I was nice to him, ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE LIBERTIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take liberties is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Does HBO series take liberties with Miami Dolphins' name, logo?
The Dolphins were mum when contacted by Pro Football Talk on Monday night for a comment about HBO's upcoming series, Ballers, making prominent use of ... «Palm Beach Post, Jun 15»
2
Magna Carta 800 years on - don't let rulers take liberties with history
Royal Mail has issued an anniversary stamp showing a—presumably free—peasant reaping corn above the slogan, “Magna Carta 1215—Foundation of Liberty” ... «Socialist Worker, Jun 15»
3
Historical TV Should Stop Taking Liberties, But Not For the Reasons …
History geeks take issue with the way that many TV shows take liberties, but is it really that big of a deal? Only when it makes the show boring. 0. 0. 1. "Reign". «Indie Wire, Apr 15»
4
Exclusive: 'Don't take liberties!' Arsenal legend fires warning at Theo …
And Keown believes that Wenger's comments contained a message for Walcott, adding: “He's laying down the message to the player – 'don't take liberties, we'll ... «talkSPORT.com, Mar 15»
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Hunter-Paul warns Bradford Bulls' rivals: No-one will take liberties at …
The club's chief executive said "no team took liberties" during his glorious playing days alongside ... "No-one comes into your own backyard and takes liberties. «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Feb 15»
6
Simon Russell Beale: it's fine to take liberties with Shakespeare
Simon Russell Beale: it's fine to take liberties with Shakespeare. Acclaimed actor says we shouldn't be purists about the text – as long as it still makes coherent, ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
7
Ohio campaign ads take liberties, both parties say
First, a fundamental fact of county government: There are three commissioners, meaning it takes two to do anything. But Pepper and a fellow Democrat did vote ... «Columbus Dispatch, Oct 14»
8
Wild coach Mike Yeo says refs letting tough guys take liberties
The Anaheim Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf, top, fights with the Minnesota Wild's Charlie Coyle (3) in the second period at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday, ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Oct 14»
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Steve Downie guarantees no one will take liberties Sidney Crosby …
Among his duties will be making sure no one takes any liberties with stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. In fact, he guaranteed that no one will. «Philly.com, Jul 14»
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Liberty Reserve's lesson: Don't take liberties with the law
There's at least one lesson to be learned from the recent closure of Liberty Reserve for alleged money laundering: whether you use “real” government-backed ... «CoinDesk, May 13»

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