What’s the difference between bring and take?
The main difference is in the direction of the action:
BRING
carry (movement towards the speaker)
- Bring me the a newspaper, will you?
TAKE
carry (movement away from the speaker)
- Can you take this book back to the library?
Other useful expressions are:
[Tweet “BRING: carry (movement towards the speaker).”]
BRING
- to justice
- back to life
- to senses
- to a boil
- to a standstill
- to a close
- to life
- to light
- to trial
- out the best in
- together
[Tweet “TAKE: carry (movement away from the speaker).”]
TAKE
- a bath
- breath away
- the cake
- care of
- charge
- for granted
- notice of
- time
- place
- sides
- stock
Read more:
Difference between TAKE and GET
Other Ways to Say TAKE CARE!
