take across
take across · takes across · took across · taken across · taking across
To go; to proceedTo go; to proceed.
» Tom took the seat across from Mary.
Meaning
2 senses(dated)To go; to proceed.
To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.
She took her furniture across to her new apartment.
All of our old records will be taken across when we move to the new database system.
Examples
16 sentencesTom took the seat across from Mary.
Tom took a seat across from Mary.
ruТом сел напротив Мэри. — astyng
How long would it take to swim across the river?
deWie lange würde es dauern, den Fluss schwimmend zu überqueren? — MUIRIEL
I'll take a shortcut across the garden.
ruЯ срежу дорогу через сад. — venticello
Please take me across the river.
Forms
takes across, taking across, took across, taken across| Base form | take across · to take across |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes across |
| Present participle | taking across |
| Past simple | took across |
| Past participle | taken across |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
- take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
- take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
- take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
- take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
- take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
More 8
- take awayпозбавити, позбавлятиTo remove something and put it in a different place.
- take afterбути схожим на когось, нагадувати когосьTo resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
- take forтримати, держатиTo regard as.
- take apartзламатися, впастиTo dismantle something into its component pieces.
- take toвзяти, братиTo adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
- take withUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, with.
- take acrossTo go; to proceed.
- take againstTo stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle