take post
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
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.
Archaic; Intransitive verb
verb
To begin to serve any position, particularly (UK military, historical) to be named a post-captain.
Archaic; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[…] I had my Health and Limbs […] and might, with Ease, travel a Day or two on foot, and having a good Certificate of being in perfect Health, might either hire a Horse, or take Post on the Road, as I thought fit."
- "I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault, And presently took post to tell it you:"
- "No man can [te]ll how soone hee shall bee arraigned in the great Iudge his Consistorie: The day of this life wherein onelie wee can worke, declineth a pace: The fearfull night cloud hath taken post. So soone as it shall come, man shall bee discharged to worke any more."
- "I shall leave these directions and take post to a conclusion."
- "He took ill with a fever when he finally returned to Princeton, but, scorning mundane ailments, he took post to Philadelphia, once more on behalf of his beloved College."
- "The besieged sprung a Mine under the Assailants first line, which buried Captain Kalkreiter, and some Souldiers. But seeing they could not take post for want of Earth […] it was thought expedient to make a retreat..."