Meanings
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of take
The Prime Minister giveth, and the Prime Minister taketh away (laughter track). Blessed be the name of the Prime Minister (laughter track).
1980 February 25, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “Open Government”, in Yes Minister, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne)
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