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took the red eye

took the red eye is the simple past of take the red eye.

Meaning of take the red eye

Verb

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

  1. (US, informal) To travel on an airplane all night.

Questions about took the red eye

What is took the red eye the simple past of?
Took the red eye is the simple past of take the red eye.

Words near took the red eye in the dictionary

  1. took the place of
  2. took the plunge
  3. took the point
  4. took the purple
  5. took the rap
  6. took the red eye
  7. took the red pill
  8. took the register
  9. took the reins
  10. took the ride
  11. took the roll

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