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take personally

take personally verb: to regard someone's remarks as offensive or hostile to oneself.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To regard someone's remarks as offensive or hostile to oneself.

Forms of take personally

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

Questions about take personally

What does take personally mean?
Take personally means to regard someone's remarks as offensive or hostile to oneself.
What part of speech is take personally?
Take personally is a verb.
What is the past tense of take personally?
The past tense of take personally is took personally.

Words near take personally in the dictionary

  1. take out the trash
  2. take over
  3. take pains
  4. take part
  5. take part with
  6. take personally
  7. take pity
  8. take place
  9. take pleasure
  10. take point
  11. take point of

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