taking a chair
taking a chair is the present participle and gerund of take a chair.
Meaning of take a chair
Verb
take a chair (third-person singular simple present takes a chair, present participle taking a chair, simple past took a chair, past participle taken a chair)
- To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
- Consequently Mr. Micawber was soon so overcome, that he mingled his tears with hers and mine; until he begged me to do him the favour of taking a chair on the staircase, while he got her into bed.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC
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- What is taking a chair the present participle and gerund of?
- Taking a chair is the present participle and gerund of take a chair.
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