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takes someone's arm

takes someone's arm is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Takes someone's arm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take someone's arm.

Words near takes someone's arm in the dictionary

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

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