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the meaning of "take in"?

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kjc0123 | 05:10 Tue 29th Mar 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the meaning of "take in" in the following sentences?

Swallowing her apprehension, Sophie moved slowly across the room. After everything she'd heard about the Mona Lisa, she felt as if she were approaching royalty. Arriving in front of the protective Plexiglas, Sophie held her breath and looked up, taking it in all at once.

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meaning she is looking at the painting and absorbing the information she is getting from it
12:09 Tue 29th Mar 2005
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Probably she was over-awed, and the impact of the painting took her over completely, to the exclusion of all else.
00:05 Wed 30th Mar 2005

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