Relationships

take some space

spend time apart

If you take some space, you spend time away from another person so that you can calm down or think clearly.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Are you ending the relationship?

No, I just need to take some space for a few days.

Play the conversation

I need to take some space tonight so I can think about what happened.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I need to take some space of you for a few days.

Say: I need to take some space from you for a few days.

Use “from” to identify the person you need distance from.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

take some space; need to take some space; take some space from someone

Your turn: say it out loud

I need to take some space tonight so I can think about what happened.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

take some space

spend time apart

“I need to take some space tonight so I can think about what happened.”

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