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taken leave of one's senses

taken leave of one's senses is the past participle of take leave of one's senses.

Meaning of take leave of one's senses

Verb

take leave of one's senses (third-person singular simple present takes leave of one's senses, present participle taking leave of one's senses, simple past took leave of one's senses, past participle taken leave of one's senses)

  1. (idiomatic) To go crazy; to stop behaving rationally.
    • Here I am, with my book and my pencil—the latter not pointed so well as I could wish, but when Christians take leave of their senses, who is to expect that pencils will keep their points?1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth. (1848–1849.) […] [Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.]”, in The Moonstone. A...

Questions about taken leave of one's senses

What is taken leave of one's senses the past participle of?
Taken leave of one's senses is the past participle of take leave of one's senses.

Words near taken leave of one's senses in the dictionary

  1. taken its toll
  2. taken kindly
  3. taken L's
  4. taken law into one's own hands
  5. taken leave
  6. taken leave of one's senses
  7. taken liberties
  8. taken lightly
  9. taken long
  10. taken lying down
  11. taken matters into one's own hands

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