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took against

took against is the simple past of take against.

Meaning of take against

Verb

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

  1. To stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
    • He took against me when I was promoted over him.

Questions about took against

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

Words near took against in the dictionary

  1. took account of
  2. took across
  3. took action
  4. took advantage of
  5. took after
  6. took against
  7. took aim
  8. took air
  9. took aloft
  10. took an l
  11. took apart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took against (page history and authors); take against (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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