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took the weight off one's feet

took the weight off one's feet is the simple past of take the weight off one's feet.

Meaning of take the weight off one's feet

Verb

take the weight off one's feet (third-person singular simple present takes the weight off one's feet, present participle taking the weight off one's feet, simple past took the weight off one's feet, past participle taken the weight off one's feet)

  1. To relax by sitting or lying down.

Questions about took the weight off one's feet

What is took the weight off one's feet the simple past of?
Took the weight off one's feet is the simple past of take the weight off one's feet.

Words near took the weight off one's feet in the dictionary

  1. took the sun
  2. took the time
  3. took the trouble
  4. took the veil
  5. took the weight off
  6. took the weight off one's feet
  7. took the wheel
  8. took the wind out of someone's sails
  9. took the words out of someone's mouth
  10. took the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  11. took time

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