# took

Pronunciation: US say "TUUK" /tʊk/; AUS

## Verb

1. Past tense of take. — simple past of take
   - Simple: Past tense of take. Use it for the past.
   - _The committee took several months to reach a final decision._
   - _He took an unfamiliar route home and arrived well after dark._
2. Past participle of take. Nonstandard, used in some dialects: standard English uses taken. *(dialectal)* — past participle of take
   - Simple: Past participle of take. In some local speech, people use this after "have" instead of "taken".
   - _He swore he had took the medicine just as the doctor told him._
   - _We figured the dog had took the bone out to the yard again._

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