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"forms": [
{
"form": "takes a rain check",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking a rain check",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took a rain check",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken a rain check",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "take<,,took,taken> a rain check"
},
"expansion": "take a rain check (third-person singular simple present takes a rain check, present participle taking a rain check, simple past took a rain check, past participle taken a rain check)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date)."
],
"id": "en-take_a_rain_check-en-verb-BSPaeynC",
"links": [
[
"rain check",
"rain check"
],
[
"merchant",
"merchant"
],
[
"expiration",
"expiration"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "61 39",
"word": "take a raincheck"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation. To \"take a rain check\" is a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable."
],
"id": "en-take_a_rain_check-en-verb-qjLwa-j2",
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"deferred",
"deferred#Adjective"
],
[
"invitation",
"invitation"
],
[
"rain check",
"rain check"
],
[
"engagement",
"engagement"
],
[
"postponing",
"postponing"
],
[
"acceptable",
"acceptable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, figurative) In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation. To \"take a rain check\" is a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"word": "take a rain check"
}
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"English multiword terms",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
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"form": "takes a rain check",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking a rain check",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took a rain check",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken a rain check",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "take<,,took,taken> a rain check"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date)."
],
"links": [
[
"rain check",
"rain check"
],
[
"merchant",
"merchant"
],
[
"expiration",
"expiration"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date)."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't go with you to the museum this Saturday, but can I take a rain check?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation. To \"take a rain check\" is a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable."
],
"links": [
[
"interaction",
"interaction"
],
[
"deferred",
"deferred#Adjective"
],
[
"invitation",
"invitation"
],
[
"rain check",
"rain check"
],
[
"engagement",
"engagement"
],
[
"postponing",
"postponing"
],
[
"acceptable",
"acceptable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, figurative) In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation. To \"take a rain check\" is a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "take a raincheck"
}
],
"word": "take a rain check"
}
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