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took the coward's way out

took the coward's way out is the simple past of take the coward's way out.

Meaning of take the coward's way out

Verb

take the coward's way out (third-person singular simple present takes the coward's way out, present participle taking the coward's way out, simple past took the coward's way out, past participle taken the coward's way out)

  1. To commit suicide.

Questions about took the coward's way out

What is took the coward's way out the simple past of?
Took the coward's way out is the simple past of take the coward's way out.

Words near took the coward's way out in the dictionary

  1. took the cake
  2. took the chair
  3. took the chill off
  4. took the Chiltern Hundreds
  5. took the count
  6. took the coward's way out
  7. took the cure
  8. took the easy way out
  9. took the edge off
  10. took the fall
  11. took the fifth

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