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took a bullet

took a bullet is the simple past of take a bullet.

Meaning of take a bullet

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To purposely receive a gunshot that was intended for another.

Questions about took a bullet

What is took a bullet the simple past of?
Took a bullet is the simple past of take a bullet.

Words near took a bullet in the dictionary

  1. took a bite out of
  2. took a bow
  3. took a break
  4. took a breath
  5. took a breather
  6. took a bullet
  7. took a chair
  8. took a chance
  9. took a cotton to
  10. took a crack at
  11. took a crap

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