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what it takes en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(US, idiomatic, uncountable) Everything that is required, especially skill or endurance.
You don't know what it takes to succeed at competitive frisbee.
She's precocious, and she knows just / What it takes to make a pro blush
1974, Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, “Bette Davis Eyes”, in Mistaken Identity, performed by Kim Carnes, published 1981:
Relateds
have it in oneself · whatever it takes