taking in
Letting something enter
Taking in covers acts of bringing something or someone inside, whether literally or figuratively.
You take in a stray cat, take in a boarder, or take in the sights on vacation.
A tailor takes in a garment by making it smaller.
To take someone in is to deceive them: Don't be taken in by his charm.
Taking in also means absorbing or comprehending: She paused, taking in the news.
- absorbingHolding attention completely
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- comprehendingMentally taking in meaning
- big pictureOverall perspective on things
- eatingIngesting sustenance
soaking up · assimilating · consumption · harboring · sheltering · foster care · stray cat · perceiving · digestion · incorporating · duping · swindling · receiving · understanding · narrowing · embracing · letting in · fooling
- listeningactive listening, attentive, listening skills, listening comprehension, focused attention
- custom fittingalterations, hemming, letting out, inseam, bespoke suit
- intake typesinhalation, breathing in, swallowing, dose, portion
- savoringsavoring, relishing, tasting, sipping, enjoying
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, nibbling, munching
- sewingsewing, sew, sewing class, sewing machine, sewing machines
taking inexpelling
Forcing someone out
putting out · letting out · releasing · giving off · emitting
taking inignoring
Deliberately not noticing
tuning out · blocking out · missing · disregarding · overlooking
taking inturning away
Redirecting oneself elsewhere
kicking out · throwing out · expelling · turning out · evicting
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