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taking the chair

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

Meaning of take the chair

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To chair; to preside over as chairperson.
    • I took the chair at the meeting.

Questions about taking the chair

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

Words near taking the chair in the dictionary

  1. taking the bitter with the sweet
  2. taking the bread out of someone's mouth
  3. taking the Browns to the Super Bowl
  4. taking the bull by the horns
  5. taking the cake
  6. taking the chair
  7. taking the chill off
  8. taking the Chiltern Hundreds
  9. taking the count
  10. taking the coward's way out
  11. taking the cure

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