take one on
Example Sentences
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I may take one on just to see what I can do with it.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2018
Investigators would later learn that Charlemagne did not take one on the flight.
From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2016
Private attorneys often have little to gain from a typical wage and hour claim and are unlikely to take one on.
From US News • May 6, 2016
"To take one on 18 and to get the momentum going back into the afternoon was definitely big."
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2010
I reckon if a chap can't take one on the nose and come up smiling, he would not be worth much when he has to stand up against the Prussians.
From A Girl of the Commune by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
