take a chair

verb

To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).

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Meanings

verbtake a chair (third-person singular simple present takes a chair, present participle taking a chair, simple past took a chair, past participle taken a chair)

present singular third person takes a chair · participle present taking a chair · past took a chair · participle past taken a chair

  1. To sit down (usually, but not always, in a chair).

    Consequently Mr. Micawber was soon so overcome, that he mingled his tears with hers and mine; until he begged me to do him the favour of taking a chair on the staircase, while he got her into bed.

    1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
take a seat
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take a chair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20chair.

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