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taken a chair

taken a chair is the past participle of take a chair.

Meaning of take a chair

Verb

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

  1. To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
    • Consequently Mr. Micawber was soon so overcome, that he mingled his tears with hers and mine; until he begged me to do him the favour of taking a chair on the staircase, while he got her into bed.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Questions about taken a chair

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

Words near taken a chair in the dictionary

  1. taken a bow
  2. taken a break
  3. taken a breath
  4. taken a breather
  5. taken a bullet
  6. taken a chair
  7. taken a chance
  8. taken a cotton to
  9. taken a crack at
  10. taken a crap
  11. taken a decision

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