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take inventory en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive, often, with-of) To compile an inventory.
She swapped the rose beige dress for an apron, and took inventory of the ice box.
1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 17, in Red Harvest:[…] she sent the next day a Charge to the Provest and Bayliffs, and to her owne great Treasurer, to passe to the houses of the said foure men, and likewise to their Booths or Shops, and there to take Inventory of all their Goods and Chattells […]
1644, John Knox, David Buchanan, The Historie of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland, London: George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, Book 5, p:
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(intransitive, often, with-of) to assess a situation
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Synonyms
take stock · take stock · inventory