"take someone for all they've got" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes someone for all they've got [present, singular, third-person], taking someone for all they've got [participle, present], took someone for all they've got [past], taken someone for all they've got [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> someone for all they've got}} take someone for all they've got (third-person singular simple present takes someone for all they've got, present participle taking someone for all they've got, simple past took someone for all they've got, past participle taken someone for all they've got)
  1. (idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_someone_for_all_they've_got-en-verb-L5buAAVb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone."
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