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take stock en · VERB

Meanings

1. To take inventory, especially at the end of a season in a store or business.
2. (idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.
   • In 2009, he underwent heart surgery for an aortic valve replacement at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, an event that Mr. Williams said caused him to take stock of his life. 2014 August 11, Dave Itzkoff, “Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide”, in New York Times:
   • […]and the pillar of smoke which had recently begun to dissipate, as many of the fires amidships had been smothered by the onrushing water, was replaced by a vast mushroom cloud of steam, smoke, flame, and debris as the magazines detonated. In the pall of this apocalyptic destruction, the U.S. fleet takes stock. 2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 42:53 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022:
   • "But from time to time, all organisations need to take stock of what they do and why they do it. 2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 39:
   • At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. 1882, Leslie Stephen, The Science of Ethics:

Forms

Relateds

stocktaking

Synonyms

take inventory

Translations (3)

sv inventera (Translations) · fr faire le point (Translations) · it fare il punto (Translations)