Usually means: Brief break for relaxation, recovery.
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  1. take ten: Merriam-Webster
  2. take ten: Vocabulary.com
  3. take ten: Dictionary.com
  4. Take Ten: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. take ten: Rhymezone
  6. take ten: FreeDictionary.org
  7. take ten: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. take ten: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. take ten: Wiktionary

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  1. take ten: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take ten)

▸ verb:  (US, Canada, informal) To take a short, typically ten-minute, break from some activity.

Similar:
count to 10, count to ten, tenth, tithe, countdown, dectuple, tick away, tenfold, decuple, pace out, more...

Opposite:
give, subtract, remove, decrease, reduce

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Similar:
count to 10, count to ten, tenth, tithe, countdown, dectuple, tick away, tenfold, decuple, pace out, more...

Opposite:
give, subtract, remove, decrease, reduce



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