Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for take stock

Antonyms for take stock

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stok
Phonetic Transcription : stÉ’k

Definition of take stock

Origin :
  • Old English stocc "stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log," also "pillory" (usually plural, stocks), from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz "tree trunk" (cf. Old Norse stokkr "block of wood, trunk of a tree," Old Saxon, Old Frisian stok, Middle Dutch stoc "tree trunk, stump," Dutch stok "stick, cane," Old High German stoc "tree trunk, stick," German Stock "stick, cane;" also Dutch stuk, German Stück "piece"), from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).
  • Meaning "ancestry, family" (late 14c.) is a figurative use of the "tree trunk" sense (cf. family tree). This is also the root of the meaning "heavy part of a tool," and "part of a rifle held against the shoulder" (1540s). Stock, lock, and barrel "the whole of a thing" is recorded from 1817. Meaning "framework on which a boat was constructed" (early 15c.) led to figurative phrase on stocks "planned and commenced" (1660s). Stock-still (late 15c.) is literally "as still as a tree trunk."
  • As in check : verb inspect, examine
Example sentences :
  • Then we had leisure to take stock of the execution our volleys had effected.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It is time for us to take stock of all our material and all our spiritual possessions.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • Grantline could now take stock of the battle; he had been victorious.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • Then I'll take stock at once, and we'll square up and I'll land the other man.
  • Extract from : « The Ebbing Of The Tide » by Louis Becke
  • I can judge of anyone, man or boy, if I have time enough to take stock of him.
  • Extract from : « A Cousin's Conspiracy » by Horatio Alger
  • Disheartened, disgusted, disappointed, I had to take stock of our position.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • It's only when you look back that you can take stock of yourself.
  • Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson
  • "Take stock of that footprint," he began, pointing to the moist ground.
  • Extract from : « Kiddie the Scout » by Robert Leighton
  • Then, standing where she could see when his eyes opened, she began to take stock.
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • Let us just take stock of Timothy for a minute or two, to explain what we mean.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed

Synonyms for take stock

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019