"take a fall out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes a fall out of [present, singular, third-person], taking a fall out of [participle, present], took a fall out of [past], taken a fall out of [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a fall out of}} take a fall out of (third-person singular simple present takes a fall out of, present participle taking a fall out of, simple past took a fall out of, past participle taken a fall out of)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, slang) get the better of Tags: obsolete, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-take_a_fall_out_of-en-verb-JwcQXGvK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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