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Rosenn Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Take Out On
There is a question about the phrase 'take out':
"He took out his anger on us."
"He took out his own failures on us."
Dictionaries say that the proper format is 'to take out X', where 'X' is a feeling like anger, frustration, etc. But google does return hits for the usage suggested in sentence two, where 'X' is not a feeling. So is the second usage possibly incorrect?
"He took out his anger on us."
"He took out his own failures on us."
Dictionaries say that the proper format is 'to take out X', where 'X' is a feeling like anger, frustration, etc. But google does return hits for the usage suggested in sentence two, where 'X' is not a feeling. So is the second usage possibly incorrect?
Top answer
Both are commonly said and in my opinion well-accepted. Clive
- Both are commonly said and in my opinion well-accepted.
- Clive
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