"take the bread out of someone's mouth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes the bread out of someone's mouth [present, singular, third-person], taking the bread out of someone's mouth [participle, present], took the bread out of someone's mouth [past], taken the bread out of someone's mouth [participle, past]
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  1. (idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_the_bread_out_of_someone's_mouth-en-verb-7oIb1lbR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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