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take the chill off

take the chill off verb: to make something less cold; to warm up slightly.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make something less cold; to warm up slightly
  2. (intransitive) To become less cold; to warm up slightly

Forms of take the chill off

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

Questions about take the chill off

What does take the chill off mean?
Take the chill off means to make something less cold; to warm up slightly.
What part of speech is take the chill off?
Take the chill off is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the chill off?
The past tense of take the chill off is took the chill off.

Words near take the chill off in the dictionary

  1. take the browns to the super bowl
  2. take the bull by the horns
  3. take the cake
  4. take the cash and let the credit go
  5. take the chair
  6. take the chill off
  7. take the Chiltern Hundreds
  8. take the cloth
  9. take the con
  10. take the count
  11. take the coward's way out

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