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taken
/ ˈٱɪə /
verb
- the past participle of take 1
adjective
- postpositivefoll bywith enthusiastically impressed (by); infatuated (with)
Idioms and Phrases
- taken with, charmed or captivated by:
He was quite taken with your niece.
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Example Sentences
Sudanese officials say precious artefacts from the National Museum were taken away to be sold.
He said the lies they had told and the actions they had taken, especially moving Lucy from Nigeria, had "inevitably caused her very significant emotional harm".
The federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles is the latest action taken by McKillen in his long-running legal dispute with the Qatari royal family, a conflict that has made headlines around the world.
The driver, an unidentified woman, was taken into custody after 12:30 p.m. while TV news helicopters broadcast the standoff live overhead.
Eight other people - three men, two women and three children - were taken to hospital for treatment.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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