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took personally

took personally is the simple past of take personally.

Meaning of take personally

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To regard someone's remarks as offensive or hostile to oneself.

Questions about took personally

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

Words near took personally in the dictionary

  1. took out the trash
  2. took over
  3. took pains
  4. took part
  5. took part with
  6. took personally
  7. took place
  8. took point
  9. took possession
  10. took post
  11. took potluck

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