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took courage

took courage is the simple past of take courage.

Meaning of take courage

Verb

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

  1. To be resolute in difficult circumstances.
    Synonyms:
    take heart

Questions about took courage

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

Words near took courage in the dictionary

  1. took check
  2. took coals to Newcastle
  3. took cold
  4. took command
  5. took control
  6. took courage
  7. took cover
  8. took credit
  9. took credit for
  10. took delight in
  11. took delivery

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