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taken someone for all they've got

taken someone for all they've got is the past participle of take someone for all they've got.

Meaning of take someone for all they've got

Verb

take someone for all they've got (third-person singular simple present takes someone for all they've got, present participle taking someone for all they've got, simple past took someone for all they've got, past participle taken someone for all they've got)

  1. (idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone.
    • YANK:[…] And if I can't find her I'll take it out on de gang she runs wit. I'm wise to where dey hangs out now. I'll show her who belongs! I'll show her who's in de move and who ain't. You watch my smoke!
      VOICES:Dat's de talkin'!
      Take her for all she's got!1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape

Questions about taken someone for all they've got

What is taken someone for all they've got the past participle of?
Taken someone for all they've got is the past participle of take someone for all they've got.

Words near taken someone for all they've got in the dictionary

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

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