take in
• include or encompass something.
• "the sweep of his arm took in most of Main Street"
Similar:
include,
encompass,
embrace,
contain,
comprise,
cover,
incorporate,
embody,
comprehend,
subsume,
envelop,
digest,
assimilate,
admit,
hold,
• cheat, fool, or deceive someone.
• "she tried to pass this off as an amusing story, but nobody was taken in"
Similar:
deceive,
delude,
hoodwink,
mislead,
trick,
dupe,
fool,
cheat,
defraud,
swindle,
outwit,
gull,
humbug,
bluff,
hoax,
bamboozle,
con,
bilk,
put one over on,
cozen,
• allow someone to stay in a place, especially because they are homeless or in difficulties.
• "the convent took in single Catholic ladies fallen on hard times"
Similar:
accommodate,
board,
house,
feed,
put up,
take care of,
admit,
let in,
receive,
welcome,
take,
billet,
harbour,
Opposite:
turn someone away,
• visit or attend a place or event in a casual way or on the way to another.
• "he'd maybe take in a movie, or just relax"
• make a garment tighter by altering its seams.
• "she took in the dress to fit me"
• undertake work at home.
