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take the coward's way out

take the coward's way out verb: to commit suicide.

Verb

take the coward's way out (third-person singular simple present takes the coward's way out, present participle taking the coward's way out, simple past took the coward's way out, past participle taken the coward's way out)

  1. To commit suicide.

Forms of take the coward's way out

third-person singular presenttakes the coward's way out
present participletaking the coward's way out
pasttook the coward's way out
past participletaken the coward's way out

Questions about take the coward's way out

What does take the coward's way out mean?
Take the coward's way out means to commit suicide.
What part of speech is take the coward's way out?
Take the coward's way out is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the coward's way out?
The past tense of take the coward's way out is took the coward's way out.

Words near take the coward's way out in the dictionary

  1. take the chill off
  2. take the Chiltern Hundreds
  3. take the cloth
  4. take the con
  5. take the count
  6. take the coward's way out
  7. take the cross
  8. take the cure
  9. take the easy way out
  10. take the edge off
  11. take the fall

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