Take In and Bone To Pick

What a view to take in!

Today's phrasal verb is Take In, which has eight meanings:
1.To understand and remember something

Children can't be expected to take in so much new information in one lesson.
The lecture was rather boring and I didn't take in much of what the lecturer said.
 The news was such a shock that we still haven't taken it in.

2. To include something within the scope of something such as a list or plan

The study takes in the whole postwar period.

3.  To deceive somebody by presenting a false appearance

We were all taken in by her plausible manner.
I was taken in by her story until someone told me the truth.

4. To give somebody shelter in your home

We've taken in our brother's best friend, who's currently unemployed.  He'll stay in the room downstairs near the kitchen and will pay for food and rent as best he can until he gets his life in order again
The family took in the three homeless kittens.

5. To go and see some kind of entertainment, scenery or sport

Let's take in a movie this weekend
Hey, you want to take in the Giant's game tonight?  I've got company tickets. 
I took in the view of the Grand Canyon at sunset.    

6.  To do paid work on something at home

She takes in ironing twice a week from the wealthy family on the hill.
She takes in the neighbor's children for babysitting 5 days a week.

7. To alter a garment to make it narrower.

The jacket was far too big around the shoulders, so I had it taken in so that I could wear it
Mom, can you take these pants in? They're too big around the waist.

8. To bring somebody as a prisoner or witness to a police station

The burglar has been taken in to custody

Notes:  Transitive/ Separable [optional]
Synonyms:1. absorb, understand, comprehend, grasp, assimilate, learn, discern, realize, accept, take on board, remember 2.  include, contain, comprise, embrace, encompass, cover, enclose 3.  deceive, dupe, fool, mislead, trick, swindle, defraud, cheat, con, hoodwink, take for a ride, lead down the garden path 4. let in, receive, admit, accommodate, welcome 7. reduce, alter, shrink, shorten, draw in, narrow, gather.

You got a bone to pick with me?

Today's idiom is Bone To Pick, which means:
A dispute that needs to be settled (with some one), an issue to be discussed and resolved between individuals. If you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed about something they have done and want to tell them how you feel.

I have a bone to pick with you. I heard that you are dating my sister and I want to know why.
 I have a bone to pick with the mailman.  He's constantly late and often doesn't even put the letters in the box correctly. 

Bone to pick," dates back to the 16th century, simply refers to a dog chewing endlessly on, and "picking clean," a large bone. A "bone to pick" is thus a subject or issue that is expected to require considerable discussion or argument. A similar phrase, "bone of contention," meaning an issue over which two people argue, also dates back to the 1500s and refers, appropriately, to two dogs fighting over an especially choice bone.