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taking check

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

Meaning of take check

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take offence.
    • Say I shou'd wed her, wou'd not my wife subjects
      Take check, and think it strange?1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Questions about taking check

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

Words near taking check in the dictionary

  1. taking by surprise
  2. taking care
  3. taking care of
  4. taking care of business
  5. taking charge
  6. taking check
  7. taking coals to Newcastle
  8. taking cold
  9. taking command
  10. taking control
  11. taking cover

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