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taken across

taken across is the past participle of take across.

Meaning of take across

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To go; to proceed.
    • “Well, you see, they tuk right acrass the field, jist abuv the san'pit, an' I was wundherin' in myself what they'd do whin they come to the big ditch, thinkin' they'd nivir git ovir it.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
  2. To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.
    • She took her furniture across to her new apartment.

Questions about taken across

What is taken across the past participle of?
Taken across is the past participle of take across.

Words near taken across in the dictionary

  1. taken a wiz
  2. taken a wizz
  3. taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  4. taken aback
  5. taken account of
  6. taken across
  7. taken action
  8. taken advantage of
  9. taken after
  10. taken aim
  11. taken air

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