"take out the trash" meaning in English

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

Verb

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 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
  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: 21 23 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 30 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 23 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 22 67

Inflected forms

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