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taken a listen

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

Meaning of take a listen

Verb

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

  1. To listen; to try to hear.
    Synonyms:
    have a listen

Questions about taken a listen

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

Words near taken a listen in the dictionary

  1. taken a knee
  2. taken a knife to a gunfight
  3. taken a leaf out of someone's book
  4. taken a licking and kept on ticking
  5. taken a liking to
  6. taken a listen
  7. taken a load off
  8. taken a long walk off a short pier
  9. taken a long walk on a short pier
  10. taken a look
  11. taken a nap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken a listen (page history and authors); take a listen (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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