taking exception
taking exception is the present participle and gerund of take exception.
Meaning of take exception
Verb
take exception (third-person singular simple present takes exception, present participle taking exception, simple past took exception, past participle taken exception)
- To take offense; to object or protest.
- I think he took exception to the joke about environmentalists.
- To object to; to disagree with.
- A correspondent of The American has taken exception to the use, in a recent paragraph in this column, of the word “electrocution.” The writer of the paragraph referred to is conscious that the word, like other etymological hybrids, lacks euphony and consistency; but during the formative period...1890 August 23, “Weekly notes”, in The American, volume 524, Robert Ellison, page 370
Questions about taking exception
- What is taking exception the present participle and gerund of?
- Taking exception is the present participle and gerund of take exception.
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