take across

present singular third person takes across · participle present taking across · past took across · participle past taken across

1. datedTo go; to proceed.

   “Well, you see, they tuk right acrass the field, jist abuv the san'pit, an' I was wundherin' in myself what they'd do whin they come to the big ditch, thinkin' they'd nivir git ovir it.”

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 520

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   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.

   1864, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events

2. To take (something) with oneself to a new place or situation; to transfer.

   She took her furniture across to her new apartment.

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   All of our old records will be taken across when we move to the new database system.