take up the running in English

Forms: takes up the running [present, singular, third-person], taking up the running [participle, present], took up the running [past], taken up the running [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Originally used of racehorses. Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> up the running|head=take up the running}} take up the running (third-person singular simple present takes up the running, present participle taking up the running, simple past took up the running, past participle taken up the running)

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  "etymology_text": "Originally used of racehorses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up the running",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking up the running",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took up the running",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up the running",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> up the running",
        "head": "take up the running"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To go off at full speed."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_up_the_running-en-verb--7P5~O1E",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To go off at full speed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up the running"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally used of racehorses.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes up the running",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking up the running",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took up the running",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken up the running",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> up the running",
        "head": "take up the running"
      },
      "expansion": "take up the running (third-person singular simple present takes up the running, present participle taking up the running, simple past took up the running, past participle taken up the running)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go off at full speed."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) To go off at full speed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take up the running"
}

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"take up the running" meaning in English

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