Idiom
take someone's arm
Meaning
To take hold of someone by their arm; to link arms with someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She reached out to take his arm as they walked.”
“The elderly man felt unsteady on the stairs, so he asked his daughter to take his arm for support.”
“As the music began to swell, he bowed politely and offered his hand, inviting her to take his arm for the final dance of the evening.”
Examples
simple
“She reached out to take his arm as they walked.”
contextual
“The elderly man felt unsteady on the stairs, so he asked his daughter to take his arm for support.”
complex
“As the music began to swell, he bowed politely and offered his hand, inviting her to take his arm for the final dance of the evening.”
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