Question

In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To receivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processinghttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/process for a feehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fee.

Sentence	In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To receive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/process for a fee https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fee .

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