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take a fall out of

take a fall out of verb: get the better of.

Verb

take a fall out of (third-person singular simple present takes a fall out of, present participle taking a fall out of, simple past took a fall out of, past participle taken a fall out of)

  1. (obsolete, slang, transitive) get the better of
    • and they had it back and forth across the table—a good old-fashioned family spat. Jennie mixed in; Jeff took a fall out of her and wished mighty soon that he hadn't.1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post
    • Besides, how they do love to “take a fall out of” the bourgeois–épater is their word for it.1919 June 8, “Intolerance at Zurich”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of take a fall out of

third-person singular presenttakes a fall out of
present participletaking a fall out of
pasttook a fall out of
past participletaken a fall out of

Questions about take a fall out of

What does take a fall out of mean?
Take a fall out of means get the better of.
What part of speech is take a fall out of?
Take a fall out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a fall out of?
The past tense of take a fall out of is took a fall out of.

Words near take a fall out of in the dictionary

  1. take a dirt nap
  2. take a dive
  3. take a dookie
  4. take a dump
  5. take a fall
  6. take a fall out of
  7. take a fancy to
  8. take a five
  9. take a flier
  10. take a flutter
  11. take a flyer

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