"take pride" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take pride.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes pride [present, singular, third-person], taking pride [participle, present], took pride [past], taken pride [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,took,taken>}} take pride (third-person singular simple present takes pride, present participle taking pride, simple past took pride, past participle taken pride)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be proud of (usually followed by in or of). Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: plume, pique, take stock in, pride oneself Translations (be proud of): fəxr etmək (Azerbaijani), fieri (Esperanto)

Inflected forms

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