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Verb: take orders
  1. Receive and be expected to follow directions or commands
    "I don't take orders from you!"
     
  2. Be ordained; enter the Christian ministry
    "She took orders last month"

Derived forms: taking orders, took orders, takes orders, taken orders

Type of: obey

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take it on the chin
take kindly to
take leave
take lying down
take note
take notice
take off
take office
take on
take one's lumps
take orders
take out
take over
take pains
take part
take place
take pride
take refuge
take root
take shape
take sides