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measure: He would not wear anything but tailor-made clothes. 2
ideal, perfect, customized, made-to-order, custom-made, suited,
suitable, (just) right, Colloq right up one's Brit street or US
alley: The job of lighthouse-keeper was tailor-made for a
misanthrope.
taint n. 1 stain, blot, blemish, slur, tinge, tincture, (black or
bad) mark, stigma, imperfection, flaw, scar, defect; discredit,
dishonour: His writing suffers from the taint of pedantry.
--v. 2 sully, tarnish, stain, stigmatize, smear, harm, hurt,
damage, debase, vitiate, blacken, foul, contaminate, pollute,
dirty, muddy, smirch, besmirch, blemish, soil, corrupt, spoil,
defile, ruin, destroy: It takes very little to taint one's
reputation in a small village.
take v. 1 grip, seize, grasp, clasp, get, get or take hold of, grab,
snatch, clutch, catch, capture, obtain, lay hold of, lay (one's)
hands on, procure, acquire, gain (possession of), take
possession of, secure, win, carry off, abduct, Colloq nab: The
police took him into custody. He takes what he can get. When it
comes to ineptitude, Sue certainly takes the prize. 2 pick,
select, choose, opt for, settle or decide or fasten on or upon:
When you get to the fork, take the road to the left. 3
appropriate, arrogate, extract, carry off or away, steal,
purloin, pilfer, filch, palm, rob, shoplift, pocket, remove,
walk off or away with, run or make off or away with; embezzle,
misappropriate, peculate; plagiarize, pirate; Colloq lift,
swipe, snitch, Chiefly Brit pinch, nick, Slang knock off, hook,
rip off, liberate, US boost, crook: They took what didn't
belong to them. 4 reserve, book, engage; hire, rent, lease: He
took a room in a small hotel, where he began to write detective
fiction. 5 acquire, get, adopt; assume, derive, obtain, draw,
receive, inherit: He has taken his bad manners from you. The
film takes its title from the book. 6 accept, receive, bear,
withstand, stand, endure, weather, tolerate, abide, brave, go
through, undergo, suffer, submit to, swallow, Colloq put up
with, brook, stomach, Brit stick: She took the news about
Leon's relapse quite well. I have taken quite enough from you
already. 7 assume, bear, undertake, adopt, arrogate;
acknowledge, accept: Kevin took full responsibility for the
mistake. 8 believe, think, judge, deem, hold, feel; take for,
assess (as), consider (as), regard (as), view (as), accept