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take_across

take across

English

Verb

take across

  1. (dated) To go, to proceed.
    • 1864, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events:
      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.