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take the bread out of someone's mouth

take the bread out of someone's mouth verb: to deprive someone of the means of living.

Verb

take the bread out of someone's mouth (third-person singular simple present takes the bread out of someone's mouth, present participle taking the bread out of someone's mouth, simple past took the bread out of someone's mouth, past participle taken the bread out of someone's mouth)

  1. (idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living.

Forms of take the bread out of someone's mouth

third-person singular presenttakes the bread out of someone's mouth
present participletaking the bread out of someone's mouth
pasttook the bread out of someone's mouth
past participletaken the bread out of someone's mouth

Questions about take the bread out of someone's mouth

What does take the bread out of someone's mouth mean?
Take the bread out of someone's mouth means to deprive someone of the means of living.
What part of speech is take the bread out of someone's mouth?
Take the bread out of someone's mouth is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the bread out of someone's mouth?
The past tense of take the bread out of someone's mouth is took the bread out of someone's mouth.

Words near take the bread out of someone's mouth in the dictionary

  1. take the bait
  2. take the ball and run with it
  3. take the bench
  4. take the biscuit
  5. take the bitter with the sweet
  6. take the bread out of someone's mouth
  7. take the browns to the super bowl
  8. take the bull by the horns
  9. take the cake
  10. take the cash and let the credit go
  11. take the chair

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