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taken the offensive

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

Meaning of take the offensive

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.
    Synonyms:
    go on the offensive

Questions about taken the offensive

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

Words near taken the offensive in the dictionary

  1. taken the meaning
  2. taken the Michael
  3. taken the mick
  4. taken the mickey
  5. taken the micky
  6. taken the offensive
  7. taken the pee
  8. taken the piss
  9. taken the place of
  10. taken the plunge
  11. taken the point

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken the offensive (page history and authors); take the offensive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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