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take one's rise

take one's rise verb: to originate.

Verb

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

  1. To originate.
    • Two miles from the summit is the spring from which the Colorado River takes its rise.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 34

Forms of take one's rise

third-person singular presenttakes one's rise
present participletaking one's rise
pasttook one's rise
past participletaken one's rise

Questions about take one's rise

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

Words near take one's rise in the dictionary

  1. take one's own hide to market
  2. take one's own life
  3. take one's pick
  4. take one's place
  5. take one's point
  6. take one's rise
  7. take one's seat
  8. take one's sweet little time
  9. take one's sweet time
  10. take one's time
  11. take one's tongue out of someone's ass

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