"take it outside" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take it outside.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes it outside [present, singular, third-person], taking it outside [participle, present], took it outside [past], taken it outside [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> it outside}} take it outside (third-person singular simple present takes it outside, present participle taking it outside, simple past took it outside, past participle taken it outside)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-take_it_outside-en-verb-YEEr4Lax Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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