take pride

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

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be proud of (usually followed by in or of).
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

• plume, pique
• take stock in
• pride oneself