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take check

take check verb: to take offence.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take offence.
    • Say I shou'd wed her, wou'd not my wife subjects
      Take check, and think it strange?1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Forms of take check

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

Questions about take check

What does take check mean?
Take check means to take offence.
What part of speech is take check?
Take check is a verb.
What is the past tense of take check?
The past tense of take check is took check.

Words near take check in the dictionary

  1. take care of business
  2. take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
  3. take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
  4. take care of yourself
  5. take charge
  6. take check
  7. take coals to Newcastle
  8. take cold
  9. take command
  10. take control
  11. take courage

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