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taken check

taken check is the past participle of take check.

Meaning of take check

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take offence.
    • Say I shou'd wed her, wou'd not my wife subjects
      Take check, and think it strange?1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Questions about taken check

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

Words near taken check in the dictionary

  1. taken by surprise
  2. taken care
  3. taken care of
  4. taken care of business
  5. taken charge
  6. taken check
  7. taken coals to Newcastle
  8. taken cold
  9. taken command
  10. taken control
  11. taken cover

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