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take some doing

take some doing verb: to be hard work, to require a lot of effort.

Verb

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

  1. To be hard work, to require a lot of effort.

Forms of take some doing

third-person singular presenttakes some doing
present participletaking some doing
pasttook some doing
past participletaken some doing

Questions about take some doing

What does take some doing mean?
Take some doing means to be hard work, to require a lot of effort.
What part of speech is take some doing?
Take some doing is a verb.
What is the past tense of take some doing?
The past tense of take some doing is took some doing.

Words near take some doing in the dictionary

  1. take sitting down
  2. take slave
  3. take soil
  4. take some air
  5. take some beating
  6. take some doing
  7. take someone at their word
  8. take someone down the garden path
  9. take someone for all they've got
  10. take someone out back
  11. take someone to brown town

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