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taken home

taken home is the past participle of take home.

Meaning of take home

Verb

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

  1. To obtain; to win.
    • Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
    • I took home my science project after I won the science fair.

Questions about taken home

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

Words near taken home in the dictionary

  1. taken guard
  2. taken heart
  3. taken heed
  4. taken hold
  5. taken holy orders
  6. taken home
  7. taken horse
  8. taken hostage
  9. taken huff
  10. taken ill
  11. taken in

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