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took the cure

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

Meaning of take the cure

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To enter into a rehabilitation program.
  2. To take the waters

Questions about took the cure

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

Words near took the cure in the dictionary

  1. took the chair
  2. took the chill off
  3. took the Chiltern Hundreds
  4. took the count
  5. took the coward's way out
  6. took the cure
  7. took the easy way out
  8. took the edge off
  9. took the fall
  10. took the fifth
  11. took the front seat

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