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take the aam off

take the aam off verb: to take the chill off.

Verb

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

  1. (East-Anglia, obsolete) To take the chill off.
    • Just set the mug down to the fire, and take the cold aam off the beer.1895, A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia. Founded on that of Forby: with Numerous Corrections and Additions., volume 60, page 2
    • I am informed that the word aam is still in use in Norfolk and Suffolk in the following connexion: "Just set the mug down to the fire, and take the cold aam off the beer."1896, Notes and Queries, page 67

Forms of take the aam off

third-person singular presenttakes the aam off
present participletaking the aam off
pasttook the aam off
past participletaken the aam off

Questions about take the aam off

What does take the aam off mean?
Take the aam off means to take the chill off.
What part of speech is take the aam off?
Take the aam off is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the aam off?
The past tense of take the aam off is took the aam off.

Words near take the aam off in the dictionary

  1. take stock
  2. take ten
  3. take that
  4. Take Thatter
  5. Take Thatters
  6. take the aam off
  7. take the air
  8. take the back track
  9. take the bait
  10. take the ball and run with it
  11. take the bench

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