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- verb archaic third-person singular past of
take .
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Examples
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Carolina was about to cry, but the Ice Queen tooketh over, and she flipped her head high.
Sin in Soul's Kitchen Andrew Oye 2009
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The government gaveth, and the government tooketh away.
Archive 2008-09-01 Tenured Radical 2008
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O'BRIEN: For comedians, the Dick Cheney shooting story gaveth and then tooketh took away.
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The reality-warping face covering's cinematic explosion in 1994 vaulted the property to household name status for some time, but what Jim Carrey gaveth, Jamie Kennedy tooketh away with the Raspberry Award-winning 2005 sequel "Son of the Mask."
ComicsAlliance.com Chris Sims 2010
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Again, Mars Inc. smote the people and tooketh the cherry M&Ms away, only to be found on rare occasions or possibly on eBay.
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Then when Calgary and Edmonton were all fired up, ponying up the cash and keen to grab part of the capital's bounty, the Conservatives tooketh away the possibility of gallery hosting, creating a backlash in the base: Albertans are angry, and they have every right to be.
Progressive Bloggers 2008
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Then when Calgary and Edmonton were all fired up, ponying up the cash and keen to grab part of the capital's bounty, the Conservatives tooketh away the possibility of gallery hosting, creating a backlash in the base: Albertans are angry, and they have every right to be.
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The Lebanon City Council gaveth, and the Lebanon City Council tooketh away.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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The Lebanon City Council gaveth, and the Lebanon City Council tooketh away.
tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A 2009
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