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take someone apart

to try to understand a person by examining their personality and character. That psychiatrist wanted to take me apart to see what makes me tick.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of take something apart (= separate the parts of something)

See also: apart, take

take something apart

to examine something carefully in order to completely understand it. I decided to take apart this popular word “subculture” and see what it really means.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of take something apart (= separate the parts of something)

See also: apart, take

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take apart
take as gospel
take as it comes
take aside
take at face value
take at word
take away from
take back

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