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taking home

taking home is the present participle of take home.

Meaning of take home

Verb

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

  1. To obtain; to win.
    • Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
    • I took home my science project after I won the science fair.

Questions about taking home

What is taking home the present participle of?
Taking home is the present participle of take home.

Words near taking home in the dictionary

  1. taking guard
  2. taking heart
  3. taking heed
  4. taking hold
  5. taking holy orders
  6. taking home
  7. taking horse
  8. taking hostage
  9. taking huff
  10. taking ill
  11. taking in

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