"take a pew" meaning in English

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        "present"
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      "form": "took a pew",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1903, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in A Prefect's Uncle",
          "text": "There are many ways of inviting a person to seat himself. The genial ‘take a pew’ of one's equal inspires confidence. The raucous ‘sit down in front’ of the frenzied pit, when you stand up to get a better view of the stage, is not so pleasant.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, John Galsworthy, chapter 18, in The Island Pharisees",
          "text": "\"Oh!\" he said, looking round him with his chin a little in the air, \"am I intruding, Turl?\" . . .\n\"Not at all, Berryman—take a pew!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1919, William Somerset Maugham, chapter 11, in Moon and Sixpence",
          "text": "\"Come in,\" he said cheerily. \"I'm delighted to see you. Take a pew.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 1, in The Man with the Golden Gun",
          "text": "Come in. Come in. Take a pew. Cigarette?",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To take a seat; to sit down."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, idiomatic) To take a seat; to sit down."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pull up a pew"
        }
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        "present"
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          "ref": "1903, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 16, in A Prefect's Uncle",
          "text": "There are many ways of inviting a person to seat himself. The genial ‘take a pew’ of one's equal inspires confidence. The raucous ‘sit down in front’ of the frenzied pit, when you stand up to get a better view of the stage, is not so pleasant.",
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        },
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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          "text": "\"Come in,\" he said cheerily. \"I'm delighted to see you. Take a pew.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1965, Ian Fleming, chapter 1, in The Man with the Golden Gun",
          "text": "Come in. Come in. Take a pew. Cigarette?",
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        "To take a seat; to sit down."
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        "(UK, idiomatic) To take a seat; to sit down."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
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      "word": "pull up a pew"
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  "word": "take a pew"
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