Take offense Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

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But Flash said workers at the sites visited by Scabby shouldn’t take offense, since the rat is protesting against contractors and companies, not the workers themselves.

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Mae Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023

What isn’t common is for an opponent to take offense to it.

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Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023

Driven apart by covid and politics, our society has become even more divided and withdrawn, quicker to take offense and place blame.

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Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2023

The people calling it spa water shouldn’t take offense if they’re getting called out.

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Elsa Cavazos, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2022

So why do those who take offense at comedy feel the need to marshal campaigns against the comic?

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Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2021

Big Boy is quick to take offense at human visitors, reacting with exaggerated raising and lowering of his head, which makes his neck look especially snake-like, and protesting like a chihuahua barking musically through a wheezy whistle.

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Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 22 May 2021

But pay close attention to who chooses to take offense.

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WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021

Some people might misinterpret your actions or take offense.

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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2020

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