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took the front seat

took the front seat is the simple past of take the front seat.

Meaning of take the front seat

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to take priority
    • In survival, clean water takes the front seat.

Questions about took the front seat

What is took the front seat the simple past of?
Took the front seat is the simple past of take the front seat.

Words near took the front seat in the dictionary

  1. took the cure
  2. took the easy way out
  3. took the edge off
  4. took the fall
  5. took the fifth
  6. took the front seat
  7. took the game to
  8. took the gap
  9. took the gilt off the gingerbread
  10. took the heat
  11. took the helm

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