Consider, say, sailors' spells of leave ashore to be overfamiliar (4)

I believe the answer is:

take

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'consider say' is the definition.

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for take that I've seen before include "Remove; consume" , "Lay hold of" , "Receive; subtract" , "Endure; single recording" , "Accept or steal?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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