"take home" meaning in English

See take home in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes home [present, singular, third-person], taking home [participle, present], took home [past], taken home [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> home}} take home (third-person singular simple present takes home, present participle taking home, simple past took home, past participle taken home)
  1. To obtain; to win.
    Sense id: en-take_home-en-verb-OMmY99cW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
    Sense id: en-take_home-en-verb-Ji~n6gSi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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