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• take (something) out on (someone) — to express negative feelings by behaving badly toward someone who is not responsible. I know you re angry at your boss, but don t take it out on the kids …   New idioms dictionary

• take something out of context — take/quote/something out of context phrase to use only part of something that someone said, so that the original meaning is changed What I said has been taken completely out of context by the media. Thesaurus: to say something again, or to repeat …   Useful english dictionary

• take something out — take (someone/something) out to kill a person or group. With automatic fire, you can take out a whole enemy squad …   New idioms dictionary

• take it out on someone or something — tv. o punish or harm someone or something because one is angry or disturbed about something. □ I’m sorry about your difficulty, but don’t take it out on me. □ Don’t take it out on the cat …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• take the wind out of someone's sails — To deprive someone of an advantage, to frustrate or discomfit someone • • • Main Entry: ↑wind * * * take the wind out of someone’s sails phrase to make someone feel less confident, usually by saying or doing something unexpected Thesaurus: to… …   Useful english dictionary

• Take Me Out to the Ball Game — is an early 20th century Tin Pan Alley song which became the unofficial anthem of baseball although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.cite web | url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200153239/def… …   Wikipedia

• take the wind out of someone's sails — take the wind out of (someone s) sails to make someone feel less confident or less determined to do something, usually by saying or doing something that they are not expecting. I was going to tell him the relationship was over when he greeted me… …   New idioms dictionary

• take a leaf out of someone's book — take a leaf out of (someone s) book to copy something that someone else does because it will bring you advantages. Maybe I should take a leaf out of Robert s book and start coming in at ten every morning …   New idioms dictionary

• take a leaf out of someone's book — If you take a leaf out of someone s book, you copy something they do because it will help you …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• take something into account — take (something/someone) into account to think about something or someone when you are making a decision or a judgement. I hope they ll take her age into account when they re judging her work. They took into account that he d never been in… …   New idioms dictionary

• take a piece out of someone — take a piece out of (someone) Australian, informal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. Jill just took a piece out of Ben for being late again …   New idioms dictionary