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take a hike

take a hike verb: to go hiking.

Verb

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

  1. To go hiking.
  2. (idiomatic, imperative, often) To go away; to leave or depart.
    • I wish that pest would just take a hike.

Interjection

  1. (Canada, US, dismissal) Go away!

Forms of take a hike

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

Questions about take a hike

What does take a hike mean?
Take a hike means to go hiking.
What part of speech is take a hike?
Take a hike can be a verb or an interjection.
What is the past tense of take a hike?
The past tense of take a hike is took a hike.

Words near take a hike in the dictionary

  1. take a French leave
  2. take a gamble
  3. take a gander
  4. take a grab
  5. take a guess
  6. take a hike
  7. take a hint
  8. take a hit
  9. take a horn
  10. take a joke
  11. take a knee

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