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take refuge

take refuge verb: to shelter; to hole up.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To shelter; to hole up.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To return or come back and rely on or upon.

take refuge meaning in Urdu, Sanskrit and Vietnamese

take refuge in Urdu

shelter, hole up
پناہ لینا panāh lenā

take refuge in Sanskrit

to return or come back and rely on or upon
शरणं गच्छामि śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi

take refuge in Vietnamese

to return or come back and rely on or upon
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Forms of take refuge

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

Questions about take refuge

What does take refuge mean?
Take refuge means to shelter; to hole up.
What is take refuge in Urdu?
Take refuge in Urdu is پناہ لینا (panāh lenā). See Take refuge meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is take refuge?
Take refuge is a verb.
What is the past tense of take refuge?
The past tense of take refuge is took refuge.

Words near take refuge in the dictionary

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

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