"take out the trash" meaning in English

See take out the trash in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-take out the trash.wav Forms: takes out the trash [present, singular, third-person], taking out the trash [participle, present], took out the trash [past], taken out the trash [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> out the trash}} take out the trash (third-person singular simple present takes out the trash, present participle taking out the trash, simple past took out the trash, past participle taken out the trash)
  1. Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash. Translations (used other than figuratively or idiomatically): viedä roskat (Finnish), sortir les poubelles (French), wyrzucać śmieci [imperfective] (Polish), wyrzucić śmieci [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-take_out_the_trash-en-verb-bEd6HNUu Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of 'used other than figuratively or idiomatically': 96 2 2
  2. (idiomatic) To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_out_the_trash-en-verb-Pkb-ls19 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 40 48
  3. (idiomatic) To announce something, hoping it will not get much publicity, at a time when it is not likely to be noticed by the news media, for instance on election day or late on Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-take_out_the_trash-en-verb-vLbkyVnC Disambiguation of Violence: 17 22 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 27 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 30 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 26 61 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 30 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 26 59

Inflected forms

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