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take home

take home verb: to obtain; to win.

Verb

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

  1. To obtain; to win.
    • Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
    • I took home my science project after I won the science fair.

Forms of take home

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

Questions about take home

What does take home mean?
Take home means to obtain; to win.
What part of speech is take home?
Take home is a verb.
What is the past tense of take home?
The past tense of take home is took home.

Words near take home in the dictionary

  1. take guard
  2. take heart
  3. take heed
  4. take hold
  5. take holy orders
  6. take home
  7. take horse
  8. take hostage
  9. take huff
  10. take ill
  11. take in

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