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take ill

take ill verb: to become ill, to fall ill.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become ill, to fall ill.

Forms of take ill

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

Questions about take ill

What does take ill mean?
Take ill means to become ill, to fall ill.
What part of speech is take ill?
Take ill is a verb.
What is the past tense of take ill?
The past tense of take ill is took ill.

Words near take ill in the dictionary

  1. take holy orders
  2. take home
  3. take horse
  4. take hostage
  5. take huff
  6. take ill
  7. take in
  8. take in hand
  9. take in turn
  10. take in water
  11. take into account

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