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took soil

took soil is the simple past of take soil.

Meaning of take soil

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.
    • O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631...

Questions about took soil

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

Words near took soil in the dictionary

  1. took ship
  2. took shipping
  3. took sides
  4. took silk
  5. took slave
  6. took soil
  7. took some beating
  8. took some doing
  9. took someone at their word
  10. took someone down the garden path
  11. took someone for all they've got

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