"take it out on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take it out on.ogg Forms: takes it out on [present, singular, third-person], taking it out on [participle, present], took it out on [past], taken it out on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> it out on}} take it out on (third-person singular simple present takes it out on, present participle taking it out on, simple past took it out on, past participle taken it out on)
  1. (idiomatic) To unleash one's anger on (a person or thing other than the one that caused it). Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: look for a dog to kick Related terms: cut off one's nose to spite one's face Translations (unleash one's anger): çıxarmaq (Azerbaijani), çıxartmaq (Azerbaijani), passer ses nerfs sur (French), seinen Ärger auslassen an (jemandem oder etwas) (German), prendersela con (Italian), 八つ当たりする (yatsuatari-suru) (alt: やつあたり-する) (Japanese), се истура (se istura) [imperfective] (Macedonian), се истури (se isturi) [perfective] (Macedonian), wyżywać się [imperfective] (Polish), a se răzbuna pe (altcineva) (Romanian), a-și vărsa focul/mânia/necazul pe (Romanian), излить свой гнев на кого-либо/что-либо (Russian), iživljati [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), desahogarse con (Spanish), sinirini birinden çıkarmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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          "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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          "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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          "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "passer ses nerfs sur"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "seinen Ärger auslassen an (jemandem oder etwas)"
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "prendersela con"
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "八つ当たりする"
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
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      "word": "wyżywać się"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "a se răzbuna pe (altcineva)"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "a-și vărsa focul/mânia/necazul pe"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "излить свой гнев на кого-либо/что-либо"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "iživljati"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "desahogarse con"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unleash one's anger",
      "word": "sinirini birinden çıkarmak"
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