take home

See also: takehome and take-home

English

Verb

take home (third-person singular simple present takes home, present participle taking home, simple past took home, past participle taken home)

  1. To obtain; to win.
    • 2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ home.
    I took home my science project after I won the science fair.
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