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takes the chair

takes the chair is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes the chair

What is takes the chair the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes the chair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take the chair.

Words near takes the chair in the dictionary

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

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