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took someone's arm

took someone's arm is the simple past of take someone's arm.

Meaning of take someone's arm

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.
    • “Will you take my arm, sir?” he said; “there is a heavy shower coming on: had you not better go in?”1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 269

Questions about took someone's arm

What is took someone's arm the simple past of?
Took someone's arm is the simple past of take someone's arm.

Words near took someone's arm in the dictionary

  1. took someone at their word
  2. took someone down the garden path
  3. took someone for all they've got
  4. took someone to the grave
  5. took someone up short
  6. took someone's arm
  7. took someone's breath away
  8. took someone's fancy
  9. took someone's head off
  10. took someone's life
  11. took someone's name in vain

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