take a week

Frequency: 8.2102.6 per million words

Used when an activity or process requires a period of a week to complete.

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Examples (10)

  • The project will take about a week to complete.
  • It always takes a week for the package to arrive from overseas.
  • How long will it take? It might take a whole week.
  • The recovery process could take a week or even longer.
  • Last year, the whole trip took a full week.
  • Don't worry, it won't take more than a week to fix.
  • Setting up the new system will probably take a week of intensive work.
  • I need to finish this report, but it's going to take at least a week.
  • Building the shed didn't take a week; we finished it in three days.
  • If you want to paint the entire house, it will definitely take a week.