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took the bread out of someone's mouth

took the bread out of someone's mouth is the simple past of take the bread out of someone's mouth.

Meaning of take the bread out of someone's mouth

Verb

take the bread out of someone's mouth (third-person singular simple present takes the bread out of someone's mouth, present participle taking the bread out of someone's mouth, simple past took the bread out of someone's mouth, past participle taken the bread out of someone's mouth)

  1. (idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living.

Questions about took the bread out of someone's mouth

What is took the bread out of someone's mouth the simple past of?
Took the bread out of someone's mouth is the simple past of take the bread out of someone's mouth.

Words near took the bread out of someone's mouth in the dictionary

  1. took the bait
  2. took the ball and ran with it
  3. took the bench
  4. took the biscuit
  5. took the bitter with the sweet
  6. took the bread out of someone's mouth
  7. took the Browns to the Super Bowl
  8. took the bull by the horns
  9. took the cake
  10. took the chair
  11. took the chill off

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