take liberties with

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take liberties with someone or something and make free with someone or something

to freely use or abuse someone or something. You are overly familiar with me, Mr. Jones. One might think you were taking liberties with me. I don't like it when you make free with my lawn mower. You should at least ask when you want to borrow it.

See also: liberty, take

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By Elizabeth's instructions, she began to comprehend that a woman may take liberties with her husband which a brother will not always allow in a sister more than ten years younger than himself. Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context A young whippersnapper had been able to take liberties with it. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context He lay back in it, with his eyes half shut, looking, as he always did, curiously buttoned up in a neat grey suit and fenced against the exuberance of a foreign climate which might at any moment proceed to take liberties with him. The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context			take issue with take it as read Take it away! Take it easy take it easy on Take it easy! take it for granted take it from the top take it into head take it into head to take it like a man take it on the chin take it on the lam Take it or leave it take it slow take it to grave take it to the street take it upon to take its course take its toll take kindly to take leave take leave of take leave of senses take liberties take liberties with take life take life in hands take lumps take lying down take matters into own hands take medicine take mind off Take my word for it take name in vain take names take no account of take no for an answer take no prisoners take no stock in take note take note of take notice take notice of take off take off after take off from work take off hands take off hat take offense take office			take its course take its course take its course take its course take its toll take its toll take its toll take its toll take kindly take kindly take kindly to take kindly to take kindly to take kindly to take kindly to take kindly to take leave take leave take leave take leave take leave take leave of take leave of take leave of senses take leave of senses take leave of senses take leave of senses take leave of senses take liberties take liberties take liberties with take life take life take life take life take life Take Life Further take life in hands take life in hands take life in hands take life in hands take life in hands take life into hands take lodgings take lumps take lumps take lumps take lumps take lying down take lying down take lying down take lying down take lying down take lying down take matters into own hands Take Me Home Take Me Home Tonight Take Me Out Take Me Out to the Ball Game Take Me Somewhere Nice Take Me to the Mardi Gras

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