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  • past tense form of take.
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took

[took] / tʊk /


Example Sentences

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I took him to get some help and checked him in at the front desk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

Warsh took over as Fed chair in May after being nominated by President Donald Trump early in the year.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

The Binance spokesperson has said the exchange didn’t permit any transactions with sanctioned entities at the time and that Binance took all appropriate actions once they were.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Quebec-born Celine Dion represented France in the 1988 contest, and took the trophy with her song Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

“My mom took our whole family to the Holocaust Museum in Houston. After that we had planned to go to lunch, but it just seemed wrong to experience that and then go have fries.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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