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took a look

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

Meaning of take a look

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To examine or observe.
    • Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?

Questions about took a look

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

Words near took a look in the dictionary

  1. took a liking to
  2. took a listen
  3. took a load off
  4. took a long walk off a short pier
  5. took a long walk on a short pier
  6. took a look
  7. took a nap
  8. took a number
  9. took a page out of someone's book
  10. took a page out of someone's playbook
  11. took a pew

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took a look (page history and authors); take a look (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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