take post (English, verb)
expansion: take post (third-person singular simple present takes post, present participle taking post, simple past took post, past participle taken post)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, post. To travel (typically rapidly) by posthorse or post chaise; to arrive and assume a military post.
tags: archaic
intransitive
glosses: To travel as quickly as possible by whatever means.
tags: archaic
figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To begin to serve any position, particularly (UK military, historical) to be named a post-captain.
tags: archaic
figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To establish oneself in a defensive or offensive position.
tags: archaic
figuratively
intransitive
Forms:
form: takes post
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking post
tags: participle
present
form: took post
tags: past
form: taken post
tags: participle
past