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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take someone's arm en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.
    • He took her arm to guide her through the Saturday evening crowds. 1957, Nevil Shute, chapter 2, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow:
    • “Will you take my arm, sir?” he said; “there is a heavy shower coming on: had you not better go in?” 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XI, in Jane Eyre. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 269:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
taking someone's arm Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
took someone's arm Tense=Past lexicographic
taken someone's arm Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
takes someone's arm Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

arm in arm