Meaning of take it, or leave it | Babel Free

Definitions

Uncommon form of take it or leave it.

form-of, uncommon

Examples

“You all know (honourable Gentlemen) I neuer valew’d this ampulla, or violl, at leſſe then eight Crownes, but for this time, I am content, to be depriu’d of it for ſixe; ſixe Crownes is the price; and leſſe, in curteſie, I know you cannot offer mee; take it, or leaue it, howſoeuer, both it, and I am at your ſeruice.”

“So he was ſo well pleaſed with the Obedience of Chriſts Life, that for the ſake of it, he entred-into a Covenant of Grace with Mankind. Really it muſt be ſo, Reader; take it, or leave it; for look what influence Adams Diſobedience had upon God to provoke him to condemn the World, the ſame influence had Chriſts obedience upon God to pleaſe him to ſave the World.”

“I offer one hundred thousand, and am willing to settle thirty thousand absolutely on the girl should she marry you, and twenty thousand more on my death. That is my offer—take it, or leave it.”

““There would be very great harm. It would only unsettle the child, and the year’s work would be undone in a day. Now,” he said to me, “you know my terms, and you hear my offer; take it, or leave it, as you think fit.””

“‘Sorry. All gone. Only thing left is this.’ He tapped a set of the new segmented armour that was beginning to find favour in the legions. ‘Take it, or leave it, sir.’”

“But I know where they are, and if anything happens to Kathleen, I’ll take the secret to my grave. That’s my offer. Take it, or leave it. And we have an hour and fifty-five minutes.”

“We can go home now if you’re determined to continue this extortion. Three weeks. I’ll do it for three weeks, but not a day over. Take it, or leave it. I don’t care at this point.”

“Before the old woman could shove the drawing into her pocket, Rachel snatched it from her hand. “Hannah is part of the deal. Take it, or leave it.””

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