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taken someone to the grave

taken someone to the grave is the past participle of take someone to the grave.

Meaning of take someone to the grave

Verb

take someone to the grave (third-person singular simple present takes someone to the grave, present participle taking someone to the grave, simple past took someone to the grave, past participle taken someone to the grave)

  1. (idiomatic) To kill someone; to cause someone's death.
    • Two weeks later, cancer took him to the grave.

Questions about taken someone to the grave

What is taken someone to the grave the past participle of?
Taken someone to the grave is the past participle of take someone to the grave.

Words near taken someone to the grave in the dictionary

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

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