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take on board

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

To accept a new idea or piece of advice, and act accordingly.
Schools and colleges will have to take on board the views of young people and parents in their area.

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I made the decision to take on board the critical feedback. Reviews are something you can easily ignore as a performer or writer but I chose to not ignore them here and I think that I benefited. I think I'm stronger for it - and I have a tougher skin as a result. Rufus Wainwright

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream. Salman Rushdie

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