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took the chair

took the chair is the simple past of take the chair.

Meaning of take the chair

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To chair; to preside over as chairperson.
    • I took the chair at the meeting.

Questions about took the chair

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

Words near took the chair in the dictionary

  1. took the bitter with the sweet
  2. took the bread out of someone's mouth
  3. took the Browns to the Super Bowl
  4. took the bull by the horns
  5. took the cake
  6. took the chair
  7. took the chill off
  8. took the Chiltern Hundreds
  9. took the count
  10. took the coward's way out
  11. took the cure

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