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took to the bank

took to the bank is the simple past of take to the bank.

Meaning of take to the bank

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To utterly trust, believe, or rely on.
    • "You can take that to the bank," Davis said. "It's etched in stone."2001 June 24, “News from the National League: Davis to retire”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08 Mar 2017

Questions about took to the bank

What is took to the bank the simple past of?
Took to the bank is the simple past of take to the bank.

Words near took to the bank in the dictionary

  1. took to drink
  2. took to heart
  3. took to one's bosom
  4. took to one's heels
  5. took to task
  6. took to the bank
  7. took to the bricks
  8. took to the cleaner's
  9. took to the cleaners
  10. took to the field
  11. took to the grave

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