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taken five

taken five is the past participle of take five.

Meaning of take five

Verb

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

  1. (Canada, US, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.
    • Hey, stop fighting! Take five, people!

Questions about taken five

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

Words near taken five in the dictionary

  1. taken down a peg
  2. taken easy
  3. taken effect
  4. taken exception
  5. taken fire
  6. taken five
  7. taken flight
  8. taken for
  9. taken for a drive
  10. taken for a ride
  11. taken for a spin

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