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take to the skies

take to the skies verb: to start flying.

Verb

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

  1. (US, figuratively) to start flying.

Forms of take to the skies

third-person singular presenttakes to the skies
present participletaking to the skies
pasttook to the skies
past participletaken to the skies
alternative formtake to the sky

Questions about take to the skies

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

Words near take to the skies in the dictionary

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

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