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take someone out back

take someone out back verb: to get rid of; to eliminate.

Verb

take someone out back (third-person singular simple present takes someone out back, present participle taking someone out back, simple past took someone out back, past participle taken someone out back)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To get rid of; to eliminate.
    • "I'm hoping someone in Russia will understand he is destroying Russia and you need to take this guy out back any means possible," he said.2022 March 4, Graig Graziosi, “Kremlin spokesman brands Lindsey Graham a drunk after senator calls for Putin’s assassination”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2022

Forms of take someone out back

third-person singular presenttakes someone out back
present participletaking someone out back
pasttook someone out back
past participletaken someone out back

Origin of take someone out back

Referring to taking a person out of sight for punishment, e.g. a summary execution; or a pet out of sight for euthanasia.

Questions about take someone out back

What does take someone out back mean?
Take someone out back means to get rid of; to eliminate.
What part of speech is take someone out back?
Take someone out back is a verb.
What is the past tense of take someone out back?
The past tense of take someone out back is took someone out back.

Words near take someone out back in the dictionary

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

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