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taking across

taking across is the present participle and gerund of take across.

Meaning of take across

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To go; to proceed.
    • “Well, you see, they tuk right acrass the field, jist abuv the san'pit, an' I was wundherin' in myself what they'd do whin they come to the big ditch, thinkin' they'd nivir git ovir it.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
  2. To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.
    • She took her furniture across to her new apartment.

Questions about taking across

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

Words near taking across in the dictionary

  1. taking a wiz
  2. taking a wizz
  3. taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  4. taking aback
  5. taking account of
  6. taking across
  7. taking action
  8. taking advantage of
  9. taking after
  10. taking against
  11. taking aim

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