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took to the skies

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

Meaning of take to the skies

Verb

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

  1. (US, figuratively) to start flying.

Questions about took to the skies

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

Words near took to the skies in the dictionary

  1. took to the field
  2. took to the grave
  3. took to the heather
  4. took to the hills
  5. took to the road
  6. took to the skies
  7. took to the sky
  8. took to the streets
  9. took to wife
  10. took too far
  11. took turns

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