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taken someone's arm

taken someone's arm is the past participle of take someone's arm.

Meaning of take someone's arm

Verb

take someone's arm (third-person singular simple present takes someone's arm, present participle taking someone's arm, simple past took someone's arm, past participle taken someone's arm)

  1. (idiomatic) To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.
    • “Will you take my arm, sir?” he said; “there is a heavy shower coming on: had you not better go in?”1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 269

Questions about taken someone's arm

What is taken someone's arm the past participle of?
Taken someone's arm is the past participle of take someone's arm.

Words near taken someone's arm in the dictionary

  1. taken someone at their word
  2. taken someone down the garden path
  3. taken someone for all they've got
  4. taken someone to the grave
  5. taken someone up short
  6. taken someone's arm
  7. taken someone's breath away
  8. taken someone's fancy
  9. taken someone's head off
  10. taken someone's life
  11. taken someone's name in vain

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