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take the bench

take the bench verb: to become a judge.

Verb

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

  1. (US) To become a judge.
  2. (US) To start a session of a court of law.

Forms of take the bench

third-person singular presenttakes the bench
present participletaking the bench
pasttook the bench
past participletaken the bench

Questions about take the bench

What does take the bench mean?
Take the bench means to become a judge.
What part of speech is take the bench?
Take the bench is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the bench?
The past tense of take the bench is took the bench.

Words near take the bench in the dictionary

  1. take the aam off
  2. take the air
  3. take the back track
  4. take the bait
  5. take the ball and run with it
  6. take the bench
  7. take the biscuit
  8. take the bitter with the sweet
  9. take the bread out of someone's mouth
  10. take the browns to the super bowl
  11. take the bull by the horns

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