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take cold

take cold verb: to catch a cold.

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To catch a cold.

Forms of take cold

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

Questions about take cold

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

Words near take cold in the dictionary

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

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