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take its rise

take its rise verb: to originate.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To originate
    • “I’m glad I’m only half Murray,” she said to herself. Aloud—“Father told me it was a Murray tradition not to carry spite past the grave.”
      “So ’tis now—but it took its rise from this very thing. His family were so horrified at it, you see. It made considerable of a scandal. Some folks twisted it...1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon

Forms of take its rise

third-person singular presenttakes its rise
present participletaking its rise
pasttook its rise
past participletaken its rise

Questions about take its rise

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

Words near take its rise in the dictionary

  1. take it up the rear
  2. take it up the rear end
  3. take it upon oneself
  4. take it, or leave it
  5. take its course
  6. take its rise
  7. take its toll
  8. take kindly
  9. take L's
  10. take law into one's own hands
  11. take leave

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