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took check

took check is the simple past of take check.

Meaning of take check

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take offence.
    • Say I shou'd wed her, wou'd not my wife subjects
      Take check, and think it strange?1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Questions about took check

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

Words near took check in the dictionary

  1. took by surprise
  2. took care
  3. took care of
  4. took care of business
  5. took charge
  6. took check
  7. took coals to Newcastle
  8. took cold
  9. took command
  10. took control
  11. took courage

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