"take a knife to a gunfight" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes a knife to a gunfight [present, singular, third-person], taking a knife to a gunfight [participle, present], took a knife to a gunfight [past], taken a knife to a gunfight [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a knife to a gunfight}} take a knife to a gunfight (third-person singular simple present takes a knife to a gunfight, present participle taking a knife to a gunfight, simple past took a knife to a gunfight, past participle taken a knife to a gunfight)
  1. Alternative form of bring a knife to a gunfight Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bring a knife to a gunfight
    Sense id: en-take_a_knife_to_a_gunfight-en-verb-SWOk9G00 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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