"take someone to the grave" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take someone to the grave.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes someone to the grave [present, singular, third-person], taking someone to the grave [participle, present], took someone to the grave [past], taken someone to the grave [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> someone to the grave}} take someone to the grave (third-person singular simple present takes someone to the grave, present participle taking someone to the grave, simple past took someone to the grave, past participle taken someone to the grave)
  1. (idiomatic) To kill someone; to cause someone's death. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: take someone to their grave
    Sense id: en-take_someone_to_the_grave-en-verb-U70pX1jQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for take someone to the grave meaning in English (1.9kB)

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