took

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took^¹

/tʊk/ Australia, US, New Zealand
/tɵk/ British, Southern, Standard
/tuːk/ obsolete
/tʉk/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊk

verb

past simple past of take When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
colloquial, dialectal, participle, past past participle of take A gracious perſon ; But yet I cannot loue him : / He might have tooke his anſwer long ago

Took^²

Where it comes from

Variant of Tooke.

proper noun Tooks

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: undertook, grew, went, got, withdrew, underwent, ran, rode, stole, wore, gave, became, began, mistook, chose, did

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"took." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/took. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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took. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/took

Chicago

"took." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/took.

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@misc{took_2026,
  title = {took},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/took},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}