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took someone's life

took someone's life is the simple past 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 took someone's life

What is took someone's life the simple past of?
Took someone's life is the simple past of take someone's life.

Words near took someone's life in the dictionary

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

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