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took home

took home is the simple past of take home.

Meaning of take home

Verb

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

  1. To obtain; to win.
    • Brokeback Mountain did take home three Oscars, including a prestigious best director prize for Ang Lee, and remains a beloved gay touchstone.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, home.
    • I took home my science project after I won the science fair.

Questions about took home

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

Words near took home in the dictionary

  1. took guard
  2. took heart
  3. took heed
  4. took hold
  5. took holy orders
  6. took home
  7. took horse
  8. took hostage
  9. took huff
  10. took ill
  11. took in

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