take across

verb — 2 senses

take across

verb
1

Dated To go, to proceed.

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

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