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take it outside

take it outside verb: to move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.

Verb

take it outside (third-person singular simple present takes it outside, present participle taking it outside, simple past took it outside, past participle taken it outside)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.
    • If you want a piece of me, let's take it outside!
    • At one point, the interplay between Lieberman and Dean was so pointed that a moderator jokingly asked the two "to take it outside."2004 January 5, Brian Knowlton, “Dean and Lieberman tangle during debate in Iowa”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2015

Forms of take it outside

third-person singular presenttakes it outside
present participletaking it outside
pasttook it outside
past participletaken it outside

Questions about take it outside

What does take it outside mean?
Take it outside means to move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.
What part of speech is take it outside?
Take it outside is a verb.
What is the past tense of take it outside?
The past tense of take it outside is took it outside.

Words near take it outside in the dictionary

  1. take it or leave it
  2. take it or leave it alone
  3. take it out in
  4. take it out of
  5. take it out on
  6. take it outside
  7. take it sleazy
  8. take it to the house
  9. take it up the arse
  10. take it up the ass
  11. take it up the bum

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