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taking someone's life

taking someone's life is the present participle and gerund 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 taking someone's life

What is taking someone's life the present participle and gerund of?
Taking someone's life is the present participle and gerund of take someone's life.

Words near taking someone's life in the dictionary

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

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