take stock

idiom

: to carefully think about something in order to make a decision about what to do next

We need to take stock and formulate a plan.

—often + of

We should take stock of our finances.

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As the primary campaigns rage on, Leo sets himself up in an empty office in the West Wing to take stock of the Bartlet administration with just one year left in their term. —

Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024 Consider this a reminder to take stock of your personal and professional growth. —

Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 But sometimes conscience demands that even we zealots of the future take stock. —

Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024 Take this opportunity to decompress and take stock of your inner landscape, because Mars will return to Cancer while retrograde in January, and your training montage will resume at that point—just maybe without so much of the relational intensity and shadowy opponents. —

Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take stock