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take something off someone's hands

take something off someone's hands verb: to relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.

Verb

take something off someone's hands (third-person singular simple present takes something off someone's hands, present participle taking something off someone's hands, simple past took something off someone's hands, past participle taken something off someone's hands)

  1. To relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.
    • You've got entirely too many goodies. Would ye like me to take some of those things off yer hands? I can buy the ones ye don't need, if ye want.1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Forms of take something off someone's hands

third-person singular presenttakes something off someone's hands
present participletaking something off someone's hands
pasttook something off someone's hands
past participletaken something off someone's hands

Questions about take something off someone's hands

What does take something off someone's hands mean?
Take something off someone's hands means to relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.
What part of speech is take something off someone's hands?
Take something off someone's hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of take something off someone's hands?
The past tense of take something off someone's hands is took something off someone's hands.

Words near take something off someone's hands in the dictionary

  1. take someone's word for it
  2. take something as it comes
  3. take something as read
  4. take something in one's stride
  5. take something in stride
  6. take something off someone's hands
  7. take something to
  8. take something to one's grave
  9. take something to the face
  10. take something to the head
  11. take steps

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