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take someone for all they've got

take someone for all they've got verb: to totally deplete something from someone.

Verb

take someone for all they've got (third-person singular simple present takes someone for all they've got, present participle taking someone for all they've got, simple past took someone for all they've got, past participle taken someone for all they've got)

  1. (idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone.
    • YANK:[…] And if I can't find her I'll take it out on de gang she runs wit. I'm wise to where dey hangs out now. I'll show her who belongs! I'll show her who's in de move and who ain't. You watch my smoke!
      VOICES:Dat's de talkin'!
      Take her for all she's got!1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape

Forms of take someone for all they've got

third-person singular presenttakes someone for all they've got
present participletaking someone for all they've got
pasttook someone for all they've got
past participletaken someone for all they've got

Questions about take someone for all they've got

What does take someone for all they've got mean?
Take someone for all they've got means to totally deplete something from someone.
What part of speech is take someone for all they've got?
Take someone for all they've got is a verb.
What is the past tense of take someone for all they've got?
The past tense of take someone for all they've got is took someone for all they've got.

Words near take someone for all they've got in the dictionary

  1. take some air
  2. take some beating
  3. take some doing
  4. take someone at their word
  5. take someone down the garden path
  6. take someone for all they've got
  7. take someone out back
  8. take someone to brown town
  9. take someone to the grave
  10. take someone up short
  11. take someone's arm

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