take across

Verb

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

1. (dated) To go; to proceed.
   • “Well, you see, they tuk right acrass the field, jist abuv the san'pit, an' I was wundherin' in myself what they'd do whin they come to the big ditch, thinkin' they'd nivir git ovir it.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
   • Having checked the enemy's advance on my retreating column, I then took across the field to join the head of my command, when a squad of the enemy's cavalry concealed in the woods fired, wounding me through the leg.1864, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events
2. To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.
   • She took her furniture across to her new apartment.
   • All of our old records will be taken across when we move to the new database system.