betook
Americanverb
verb
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Harry Bridges knotted-a brown-and-yellow necktie around his matchstick neck one day and betook himself to San Francisco's federal court.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sam Sary sadly crawled away, had his head and eyebrows shaved, and betook himself to a Buddhist monastery.
From Time Magazine Archive
That night, after the Saud dinner, Jack Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson betook themselves to a party given by the President's sister, Eunice Shriver.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the close of the Players' Club's The School for Scandal, " America's greatest actress " betook herself to Washington to open a summer vaudeville tour in Barrie's The Twelve Pound Look.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alyce betook herself to the cottage door, ready to run from this horror.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
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