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taken

[ tey-kuhn ]

verb

  1. past participle of take.
  2. Nonstandard. a simple past tense of take.


taken

/ ˈٱɪə /

verb

  1. the past participle of take 1
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adjective

  1. postpositivefoll bywith enthusiastically impressed (by); infatuated (with)
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. taken with, charmed or captivated by:

    He was quite taken with your niece.

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Antonelli has taken a steady approach to the start of his career but had looked sure-footed and accomplished from the start of practice and carried that form into qualifying.

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The party has also won control of Doncaster council from Labour, and taken control in Durham, where Labour was the largest party.

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Co-op had previously said that it had taken "proactive measures" to fend off hackers and that it was only having a "small impact" on its operations.

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Rory McIlroy was already one of the world's biggest sports stars, but his dramatic Masters victory at Augusta National has taken him to a whole new level.

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A wedge of wood was taken as a "trophy" and photographed hours later alongside a chainsaw in the booth of Mr Graham's car, prosecutors have said.

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