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take revenge

take revenge verb: to avenge; to get back at.

Verb

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

  1. To avenge; to get back at.

take revenge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi and Sanskrit

take revenge in Hindi

to avenge; to get back at
प्रतिशोध लेना pratiśodh lenā, बदला लेना badlā lenā

take revenge in Tamil

to avenge; to get back at
பழிவாங்கு paḻivāṅku, பழிதீர் paḻitīr

take revenge in Punjabi

to take revenge
ڈنگنا ḍaṉgṇā, ਡੰਗਣਾ ḍaṅgṇā

take revenge in Sanskrit

to take revenge, vengeance on
चयते cáyate
More languagesFewer languages
take revenge in Arabic
اِنْتَقَمَ intaqama
take revenge in Thai
แก้แค้น gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn
take revenge in Vietnamese
trả thù

Forms of take revenge

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

Questions about take revenge

What does take revenge mean?
Take revenge means to avenge; to get back at.
What is take revenge in Hindi?
Take revenge in Hindi is प्रतिशोध लेना (pratiśodh lenā), बदला लेना (badlā lenā). See Take revenge meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is take revenge?
Take revenge is a verb.
What is the past tense of take revenge?
The past tense of take revenge is took revenge.

Words near take revenge in the dictionary

  1. take post
  2. take potluck
  3. take pride
  4. take refuge
  5. take responsibility
  6. take revenge
  7. take roll
  8. take root
  9. take serious
  10. take seriously
  11. take several seats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take revenge (page history and authors); ڈنگنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); चयते (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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