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took across

took across is the simple past of take across.

Meaning of take across

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To go; to proceed.
    • “Well, you see, they tuk right acrass the field, jist abuv the san'pit, an' I was wundherin' in myself what they'd do whin they come to the big ditch, thinkin' they'd nivir git ovir it.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520
  2. To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.
    • She took her furniture across to her new apartment.

Questions about took across

What is took across the simple past of?
Took across is the simple past of take across.

Words near took across in the dictionary

  1. took a wiz
  2. took a wizz
  3. took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  4. took aback
  5. took account of
  6. took across
  7. took action
  8. took advantage of
  9. took after
  10. took against
  11. took aim

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