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taken a bead on

taken a bead on is the past participle of take a bead on.

Meaning of take a bead on

Verb

take a bead on (third-person singular simple present takes a bead on, present participle taking a bead on, simple past took a bead on, past participle taken a bead on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To aim a gun at something.
    Synonyms:
    draw a bead on

Questions about taken a bead on

What is taken a bead on the past participle of?
Taken a bead on is the past participle of take a bead on.

Words near taken a bead on in the dictionary

  1. Takemotos
  2. taken
  3. taken (something) to
  4. taken a back seat
  5. taken a bath
  6. taken a bead on
  7. taken a beat
  8. taken a bite
  9. taken a bite out of
  10. taken a bow
  11. taken a break

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken a bead on (page history and authors); take a bead on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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