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taken someone's life

taken someone's life is the past participle of take someone's life.

Meaning of take someone's life

Verb

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

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To kill someone; to cause someone's death.
    • Those that wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, to take my life.2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025)

Questions about taken someone's life

What is taken someone's life the past participle of?
Taken someone's life is the past participle of take someone's life.

Words near taken someone's life in the dictionary

  1. taken someone up short
  2. taken someone's arm
  3. taken someone's breath away
  4. taken someone's fancy
  5. taken someone's head off
  6. taken someone's life
  7. taken someone's name in vain
  8. taken someone's part
  9. taken someone's place
  10. taken someone's word for it
  11. taken something as it came

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