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taken the chair

taken the chair is the past participle of take the chair.

Meaning of take the chair

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To chair; to preside over as chairperson.
    • I took the chair at the meeting.

Questions about taken the chair

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

Words near taken the chair in the dictionary

  1. taken the bitter with the sweet
  2. taken the bread out of someone's mouth
  3. taken the Browns to the Super Bowl
  4. taken the bull by the horns
  5. taken the cake
  6. taken the chair
  7. taken the chill off
  8. taken the Chiltern Hundreds
  9. taken the count
  10. taken the coward's way out
  11. taken the cure

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