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take a horn

take a horn verb: to consume an alcoholic drink.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) To consume an alcoholic drink.

Forms of take a horn

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

Origin of take a horn

In reference to a drinking horn.

Questions about take a horn

What does take a horn mean?
Take a horn means to consume an alcoholic drink.
What part of speech is take a horn?
Take a horn is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a horn?
The past tense of take a horn is took a horn.

Words near take a horn in the dictionary

  1. take a grab
  2. take a guess
  3. take a hike
  4. take a hint
  5. take a hit
  6. take a horn
  7. take a joke
  8. take a knee
  9. take a knife to a gunfight
  10. take a leaf out of someone's book
  11. take a leak

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