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take someone's part

take someone's part verb: to show support for or defend the actions of someone in the course of a debate, argument, etc.

Verb

take someone's part (third-person singular simple present takes someone's part, present participle taking someone's part, simple past took someone's part, past participle taken someone's part)

  1. (idiomatic) To show support for or defend the actions of someone in the course of a debate, argument, etc.

Forms of take someone's part

third-person singular presenttakes someone's part
present participletaking someone's part
pasttook someone's part
past participletaken someone's part

Questions about take someone's part

What does take someone's part mean?
Take someone's part means to show support for or defend the actions of someone in the course of a debate, argument, etc.
What part of speech is take someone's part?
Take someone's part is a verb.
What is the past tense of take someone's part?
The past tense of take someone's part is took someone's part.

Words near take someone's part in the dictionary

  1. take someone's breath away
  2. take someone's fancy
  3. take someone's head off
  4. take someone's life
  5. take someone's name in vain
  6. take someone's part
  7. take someone's place
  8. take someone's point
  9. take someone's word for it
  10. take something as it comes
  11. take something as read

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