take across

English

Verb

take across (third-person singular simple present takes across, present participle taking across, simple past took across, past participle taken across)

  1. (dated) To go, to proceed.
    • 1864, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events:
      Having checked the enemy's advance on my retreating column, I then took across the field to join the head of my command, when a squad of the enemy's cavalry concealed in the woods fired, wounding me through the leg.
  2. 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.
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