English Explanatory Dictionary

take someone out back

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get rid of; to eliminate.

Word forms

take someone out back takes someone out back taking someone out back took someone out back taken someone out back

Etymology

Referring to taking a person out of sight for punishment, e.g. a summary execution; or a pet out of sight for euthanasia.

Related words

put to sleep put someone out of their misery take out
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary