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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence: Getting down from the car, the Chief Guest walked towards the dais amidst applause. - English

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Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

Getting down from the car, the Chief Guest walked towards the dais amidst applause.

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walked

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