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Oncogene Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Help: meaning of a phrase

i don't quite catch the meaning of a phrase "take home message".
who can help me.
thanks.
  

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Can you give us a little more context-- the rest of the sentence-- Oncogene? This may be 'take-home message', which would be a message intended to be taken home; or it may be telegraphic phrasing of '(please) take home (this) message'. Or it could carry another meaning; I need more information to be sure.

  • Can you give us a little more context-- the rest of the sentence-- Oncogene?
  • This may be 'take-home message', which would be a message intended to be taken home; or it may be telegraphic phrasing of '(please) take home (this) message'.
  • Or it could carry another meaning; I need more information to be sure.
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Can you give us a little more context-- the rest of the sentence-- Oncogene? This may be 'take-home message', which would be a message intended to be taken home; or it may be telegraphic phrasing of '(please) take home (this) message'. Or it could carry another meaning; I need more information to be sure.
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take home message ...>> means taking useful notices...
eg. during classes , teacher used to give lectures and some of the important notes he mentioned which students need to be ware...those important notes are "take home message"
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Then, if you are at liberty to change the name, I would call them something like 'take-home study notes', or just '(key) study notes'. A message is a short communication between two parties.
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thank you.
part of the original text:

Dr. Miller says that these new, targeted therapies show a lot of potential when combined with established agents such as capecitabine or the taxanes.

Dr. Miller: I think the take-home message is that this is a time of great hope. And we have certainly shown that these agents have activity. They clearly increase response rates even in
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In this context, he means 'the message that everyone takes away from this'. He is talking about a belief not a written note.
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I get it. thank you all for your help.
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The general idea I believe is that if you don't remember anything else, remember this. After you leave at least take this idea with you.
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Is there another phrase for "take home message"

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