take pulse

take someone's pulse

to measure the frequency of the beats of a person's pulse. I can take my own pulse. The nurse took my pulse and said I was fine.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Valeska	-	German
Giorgi	-	Georgian
Daryna	-	Ukrainian
Germogen	-	Russian
Whitmore	['hwitmɔ:]
Daniyah	-	Arabic