take home

verb

To obtain; to win.

“I took home my science project after I won the science fair.”

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Meanings

verbtake home (third-person singular simple present takes home, present participle taking home, simple past took home, past participle taken home)

present singular third person takes home · participle present taking home · past took home · participle past taken home

  1. To obtain; to win.

    Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.

    2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.

    I took home my science project after I won the science fair.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbearn as a salary or wage

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

take home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20home

MLA

“take home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20home. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take home,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20home.

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