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took the chill off

took the chill off is the simple past of take the chill off.

Meaning of take the chill off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make something less cold; to warm up slightly
  2. (intransitive) To become less cold; to warm up slightly

Questions about took the chill off

What is took the chill off the simple past of?
Took the chill off is the simple past of take the chill off.

Words near took the chill off in the dictionary

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

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