TAKE TEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take ten mean? 

• TAKE TEN (verb)
  The verb TAKE TEN has 1 sense:

1. take a ten minute break

  Familiarity information: TAKE TEN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE TEN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take a ten minute break

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The players took ten during the long rehearsal

Hypernyms (to "take ten" is one way to...):

break; intermit; pause (cease an action temporarily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I only gave fifteen shillings for the bust, and I think you ought to know that before I take ten pounds from you.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)