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take the cure

take the cure verb: to enter into a rehabilitation program.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To enter into a rehabilitation program.
  2. To take the waters

Forms of take the cure

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

Questions about take the cure

What does take the cure mean?
Take the cure means to enter into a rehabilitation program.
What part of speech is take the cure?
Take the cure is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the cure?
The past tense of take the cure is took the cure.

Words near take the cure in the dictionary

  1. take the cloth
  2. take the con
  3. take the count
  4. take the coward's way out
  5. take the cross
  6. take the cure
  7. take the easy way out
  8. take the edge off
  9. take the fall
  10. take the field
  11. take the fifth

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