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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
take home en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
I took home my science project after I won the science fair.
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