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took one's leave

took one's leave is the simple past of take one's leave.

Meaning of take one's leave

Verb

take one's leave (third-person singular simple present takes one's leave, present participle taking one's leave, simple past took one's leave, past participle taken one's leave)

  1. (idiomatic) To depart.
    • And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:18
    Synonyms:
    take leave
  2. say goodbye

Questions about took one's leave

What is took one's leave the simple past of?
Took one's leave is the simple past of take one's leave.

Words near took one's leave in the dictionary

  1. took one's eyes off the ball
  2. took one's half out of the middle
  3. took one's hat off to
  4. took one's hook
  5. took one's kit off
  6. took one's leave
  7. took one's life in one's hands
  8. took one's medicine
  9. took one's own hide to market
  10. took one's own life
  11. took one's pick

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