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Meaning of take soil | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To run into the mire or water; hence, to take refuge or shelter.

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

“O, sir, have you taken soil here? It is well a man may reach you after three hours' running.”

“[…] finding that he could not shake off the hounds, turned to the left towards the Saltwater River, and rushing down a precipitous and stony approach to the river, he instantly took soil in very deep water, with the pack clustering round him.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

take some air take some beating take some doing take someone at their word take someone down the garden path take someone for all they've got