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taken one's life in one's hands

taken one's life in one's hands is the past participle of take one's life in one's hands.

Meaning of take one's life in one's hands

Verb

take one's life in one's hands (third-person singular simple present takes one's life in one's hands, present participle taking one's life in one's hands, simple past took one's life in one's hands, past participle taken one's life in one's hands)

  1. To take a great risk; to risk death.
    • You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.

Questions about taken one's life in one's hands

What is taken one's life in one's hands the past participle of?
Taken one's life in one's hands is the past participle of take one's life in one's hands.

Words near taken one's life in one's hands in the dictionary

  1. taken one's half out of the middle
  2. taken one's hat off to
  3. taken one's hook
  4. taken one's kit off
  5. taken one's leave
  6. taken one's life in one's hands
  7. taken one's medicine
  8. taken one's own hide to market
  9. taken one's pick
  10. taken one's place
  11. taken one's rise

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