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taking a look

taking a look is the present participle and gerund of take a look.

Meaning of take a look

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To examine or observe.
    • Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?

Questions about taking a look

What is taking a look the present participle and gerund of?
Taking a look is the present participle and gerund of take a look.

Words near taking a look in the dictionary

  1. taking a liking to
  2. taking a listen
  3. taking a load off
  4. taking a long walk off a short pier
  5. taking a long walk on a short pier
  6. taking a look
  7. taking a nap
  8. taking a number
  9. taking a page out of someone's book
  10. taking a page out of someone's playbook
  11. taking a pew

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taking a look (page history and authors); take a look (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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