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take to the sea

take to the sea verb: to go to sea.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To go to sea.
    1. (intransitive) To escape life on land by running off to a maritime life.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, to, the, sea: for example, transitively, carry (something) to the sea.

Synonyms of take to the sea

Forms of take to the sea

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

Questions about take to the sea

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

Words near take to the sea in the dictionary

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

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