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took a chair

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

Meaning of take a chair

Verb

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

  1. To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).
    • Consequently Mr. Micawber was soon so overcome, that he mingled his tears with hers and mine; until he begged me to do him the favour of taking a chair on the staircase, while he got her into bed.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Questions about took a chair

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

Words near took a chair in the dictionary

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

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