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taking someone's arm

taking someone's arm is the present participle and gerund of take someone's arm.

Meaning of take someone's arm

Verb

take someone's arm (third-person singular simple present takes someone's arm, present participle taking someone's arm, simple past took someone's arm, past participle taken someone's arm)

  1. (idiomatic) To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.
    • “Will you take my arm, sir?” he said; “there is a heavy shower coming on: had you not better go in?”1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 269

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What is taking someone's arm the present participle and gerund of?
Taking someone's arm is the present participle and gerund of take someone's arm.

Words near taking someone's arm in the dictionary

  1. taking someone at their word
  2. taking someone down the garden path
  3. taking someone for all they've got
  4. taking someone to the grave
  5. taking someone up short
  6. taking someone's arm
  7. taking someone's breath away
  8. taking someone's fancy
  9. taking someone's head off
  10. taking someone's life
  11. taking someone's name in vain

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