/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · Take in Tow (To)
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Take under guidance. A man who takes a lad in tow acts as his guide and director. To tow a ship or barge is to guide and draw it along by tow-lines.
“Too proud for bards to take in tow my name.”
Peter Pindar: Future Laureate, Part ii.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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