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take aloft

take aloft verb: to successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.
    • On September 21, 1919, I took aloft for a spin over Washington and the surrounding territory, 17 distinguished passengers, including the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, and several United States Senators.1937, Alfred William Lawson, Lawson: Aircraft Industry Builder
    • Here the fiery angel once more took aloft2002, Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN...

Forms of take aloft

third-person singular presenttakes aloft
present participletaking aloft
pasttook aloft
past participletaken aloft

Questions about take aloft

What does take aloft mean?
Take aloft means to successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.
What part of speech is take aloft?
Take aloft is a verb.
What is the past tense of take aloft?
The past tense of take aloft is took aloft.

Words near take aloft in the dictionary

  1. take advantage of
  2. take after
  3. take against
  4. take aim
  5. take air
  6. take aloft
  7. take an axe to
  8. take an l
  9. take apart
  10. take at advantage
  11. take at face value

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