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taking someone to the grave

taking someone to the grave is the present participle and gerund 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 taking someone to the grave

What is taking someone to the grave the present participle and gerund of?
Taking someone to the grave is the present participle and gerund of take someone to the grave.

Words near taking someone to the grave in the dictionary

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

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