take\ pity\ upon

take\ pity\ upon
• take pity (up)on
v. phr.
To feel sympathy or pity and do something for.

Mary took pity on the orphan kittens.

The farmer took pity upon the campers, and let them stay in his barn during the rain.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • pity — See: TAKE PITY ON or TAKE PITY UPON …   Dictionary of American idioms

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