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takes someone for all they've got

takes someone for all they've got is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Takes someone for all they've got is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take someone for all they've got.

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

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

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