take sb in

— Phrasal Verb with take

/teɪk/ verb [T] (past tense took, past participle taken)

Definition

POLICE › If the police take someone in, they take that person to the police station.

LET SOMEONE STAY › to let someone stay in your house: You could earn some extra cash by taking in foreign students.

be taken in › to be deceived by someone

(Definition of take sb in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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