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took cold

took cold is the simple past of take cold.

Meaning of take cold

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To catch a cold.

Questions about took cold

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

Words near took cold in the dictionary

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

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