take across

English

Verb

take across (third-person singular simple present takes across, present participle taking across, simple past took across, past participle taken across)

1. (dated) To go, to proceed.
   • 1864, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events:

     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.

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.