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"text": "After two hours of discussion, our plans began to take shape.",
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"ref": "1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285",
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"ref": "1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148",
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"To take a definite form."
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"(intransitive, often figurative) To take a definite form."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngxíng",
"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "成型"
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"roman": "chéngxíng",
"sense": "take a definite form",
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "vorm krijgen"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
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"sense": "take a definite form",
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "Gestalt annehmen"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "形をとる"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "şekil almak"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "成型"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngxíng",
"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "成形"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "vorm krijgen"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "muotoutua"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "prendre forme"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "Gestalt annehmen"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "sich formen"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "形をとる"
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"sense": "take a definite form",
"word": "şekil almak"
}
],
"word": "take shape"
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