took

Etymology

verb

1. simple past of take
   When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess
2. (now colloquial or dialectal) past participle of take
   Linda: It was being there — if you could have took the work home I would have been alright, but being there, people watching over you, you know, you couldn't do anything wrong. 11 November 2012 [1981], “'Now that I'm married...'”, in Angela McRobbie, Trisha McCabe, editors, Feminism for Girls: An Adventure Story, Routledge, page 104