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take a break

take a break verb: to have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.).

Verb

take a break (third-person singular simple present takes a break, present participle taking a break, simple past took a break, past participle taken a break)

  1. To have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.)
    • She took a break from studying to eat a snack.

take a break meaning in Tamil

take a break in Tamil

ஓய்வுக்காக இடைவேளை எடு

Forms of take a break

third-person singular presenttakes a break
present participletaking a break
pasttook a break
past participletaken a break

Questions about take a break

What does take a break mean?
Take a break means to have a short rest period in one's work, studies, or other activities (This entry is a translation hub.).
What is take a break in Tamil?
Take a break in Tamil is ஓய்வுக்காக இடைவேளை எடு. See Take a break meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take a break?
Take a break is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a break?
The past tense of take a break is took a break.

Words near take a break in the dictionary

  1. take a beat
  2. take a Bex
  3. take a bite
  4. take a bite out of
  5. take a bow
  6. take a break
  7. take a breath
  8. take a breather
  9. take a bullet
  10. take a chair
  11. take a chance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take a break (page history and authors); take a break (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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