Slang Dictionary
take (so/sth) definition
- tv.
to criticize or defame someone or something. : They really took me apart, but what the hell?
- tv.
to beat or damage someone or something. : The mugger really took the old lady apart.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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take (so) definition
- tv.
to block someone, as in a football game. : I was supposed to take the left end out, but I was trapped under the center.
- tv.
to kill someone. (Underworld.) : The boss told Rocko to take out Marlowe.
- tv.
to date someone. : She wanted to take him out for an evening.
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take (so) definition
- tv.
to take all of someone's money. : The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn't get enough to pay for my losses.
- tv.
to defeat or best someone. : Look at the height they've got! They'll take us to the cleaners!
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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take (sth) definition
- tv.
to make something known to the public. : You gotta take it public—put it on the street—even when it's none of your business. , Don't take it public. You'll just get talked about.
- tv.
to sell shares in a company to the general public. (Securities markets.) : We're going to take it public whenever the market looks good.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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