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take potluck

take potluck verb: take one's chance, as in taking whatever is offered.

Verb

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

  1. take one's chance, as in taking whatever is offered.

Forms of take potluck

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

Questions about take potluck

What does take potluck mean?
Take potluck means take one's chance, as in taking whatever is offered.
What part of speech is take potluck?
Take potluck is a verb.
What is the past tense of take potluck?
The past tense of take potluck is took potluck.

Words near take potluck in the dictionary

  1. take pleasure
  2. take point
  3. take point of
  4. take possession
  5. take post
  6. take potluck
  7. take pride
  8. take refuge
  9. take responsibility
  10. take revenge
  11. take roll

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