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take to the road

take to the road verb: to become a highwayman.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To become a highwayman.

Forms of take to the road

third-person singular presenttakes to the road
present participletaking to the road
pasttook to the road
past participletaken to the road

Questions about take to the road

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

Words near take to the road in the dictionary

  1. take to the field
  2. take to the grave
  3. take to the heather
  4. take to the hills
  5. take to the next level
  6. take to the road
  7. take to the sea
  8. take to the skies
  9. take to the sky
  10. take to the streets
  11. take to wife

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