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take bread and salt

take bread and salt verb: to practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.

Forms of take bread and salt

third-person singular presenttakes bread and salt
present participletaking bread and salt
pasttook bread and salt
past participletaken bread and salt

Questions about take bread and salt

What does take bread and salt mean?
Take bread and salt means to practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.
What part of speech is take bread and salt?
Take bread and salt is a verb.
What is the past tense of take bread and salt?
The past tense of take bread and salt is took bread and salt.

Words near take bread and salt in the dictionary

  1. take attendance
  2. take away
  3. take away from
  4. take aways
  5. take back
  6. take bread and salt
  7. take breath
  8. take by storm
  9. take by surprise
  10. take captive
  11. take care

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