take something to

To carry or bring a person or thing to a place.

• I take my lunch to school.
• She took her son to the doctor.
• Can you take this package to Anna?

How to use it: take someone/something to a place (Please take these books to the library.)

Similar words: bring, carry, transport

Common phrases: take something to school, take something to work, take something to someone

To suffer an injury, loss, or damage affecting your body, property, or reputation.

• He took a blow to the head.
• The company took a serious hit to its reputation.
• Her confidence took a blow after she failed the exam.

How to use it: take a blow/hit to something (The firm took a blow to its reputation.)

Similar words: suffer, sustain

Common phrases: take something to something, take a blow to, take a hit to

To use a tool on something, often forcefully, to change, damage, or destroy it.

• He took a hammer to the wall.
• She took scissors to her old jeans.
• Why did you take an axe to that tree?

How to use it: take a tool to something (She took a knife to the wrapping.)

Similar words: use on, apply to

Common phrases: take scissors to something, take something to something, take an axe to

To be hit by a weapon or object in a particular part of your body.

• He took an arrow to the leg.
• The soldier took a bullet to the shoulder but survived.
• She took a stone to the head during the attack.

How to use it: take an object to a body part (He took a bullet to the shoulder.)

Similar words: be hit by, be struck by

Common phrases: take something to something, take a bullet to, take an arrow to