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took someone to the grave

took someone to the grave is the simple past 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 took someone to the grave

What is took someone to the grave the simple past of?
Took someone to the grave is the simple past of take someone to the grave.

Words near took someone to the grave in the dictionary

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

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