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take to one's bosom

take to one's bosom verb: to marry.

Verb

take to one's bosom (third-person singular simple present takes to one's bosom, present participle taking to one's bosom, simple past took to one's bosom, past participle taken to one's bosom)

  1. (transitive) To marry.
  2. (transitive) To make an intimate friend of.

Forms of take to one's bosom

third-person singular presenttakes to one's bosom
present participletaking to one's bosom
pasttook to one's bosom
past participletaken to one's bosom

Questions about take to one's bosom

What does take to one's bosom mean?
Take to one's bosom means to marry.
What part of speech is take to one's bosom?
Take to one's bosom is a verb.
What is the past tense of take to one's bosom?
The past tense of take to one's bosom is took to one's bosom.

Words near take to one's bosom in the dictionary

  1. take to
  2. take to court
  3. take to drink
  4. take to heart
  5. take to one's bed
  6. take to one's bosom
  7. take to one's heels
  8. take to one's scrapers
  9. take to pound town
  10. take to task
  11. take to the bank

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