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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

To take a rain check

Hi,

Although I know what this idiom means, I am not sure whether it is possible to replace "take" with some other verb in this expression.

It looks like "Can I get a rain check?" is ok too (it is even less formal that the original version with "to take"?)

And what about, say, "to ask a rain check"? Or maybe the verbs 'to take' and 'to get' are the only ones collocating with 'rain check'?

hope my question makes sense to you...

mus-te
  

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These seem OK to me: Take a rain check Get a rain check Have a rain check Ask for a rain check Offer a rain check Give a rain check Receive a rain check There must be others.

— Mister Micawber

  • These seem OK to me: Take a rain check Get a rain check Have a rain check Ask for a rain check Offer a rain check Give a rain check Receive a rain check There must be others.
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These seem OK to me:

Take a rain check
Get a rain check
Have a rain check
Ask for a rain check
Offer a rain check
Give a rain check
Receive a rain check

There must be others.
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