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took huff

took huff is the simple past of take huff.

Meaning of take huff

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To take offence.
    • He is as proud as Lucifer , he is always taking huff about one thing or the other.1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC

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

Words near took huff in the dictionary

  1. took hold
  2. took holy orders
  3. took home
  4. took horse
  5. took hostage
  6. took huff
  7. took ill
  8. took in
  9. took in hand
  10. took into account
  11. took into consideration

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