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"Do you think it will take?" - how come it means to *succeed*?

English Language & Usage Asked on June 15, 2021

I’m watching Upload in prime-video. An Actress was doing something (putting someone depressed to bed in VR, hoping that it will make him wake up happy again; but it really doesn’t matter), and another actress asked "Do you think it will take?", meaning to ask whether she thinks this will work, will help. Minute 22 if of any help. Both the Hebrew and French translations seem to understand it the same as I did ("Ça marchera, tu crois?", and "?את חושבת שזה יצליח" – again, if of any help), but I’ve never heard such translation for take.

I just looked up all the entries of take in Oxford dictionary (as well as in Urban), and none refered to even a similar meaning.

So: have you ever used take as to succeed at doing something, how common is that and could you kindly give an example for such usage?

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