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Akdom Posted 18 years ago
take it out on, Informal. to cause (someone else) to suffer for one's own misfortune or dissatisfaction: Just because you're angry with him you don't have to take it out on me!
So what does "took it out on" mean in this context?
they are angry at their stock?
vent their anger at someone or somthing?
does it imply they are selling these least favortie stocks?
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took it out on their least favorite stockholdings
Why the long faces? Blame a heady mix of awfulness, ranging from weak GDP revisions, a poor jobs report and retreating tech stocks. In general, it was just a bad week to return from summer holidays, so investors took it out on their least favorite stockholdings.Dictionary.com says
take it out on, Informal. to cause (someone else) to suffer for one's own misfortune or dissatisfaction: Just because you're angry with him you don't have to take it out on me!
So what does "took it out on" mean in this context?
they are angry at their stock?
vent their anger at someone or somthing?
does it imply they are selling these least favortie stocks?
Top answer
akdom does it imply they are selling these least favortie stocks? That is certainly how I would read it!
- akdom does it imply they are selling these least favortie stocks?
- That is certainly how I would read it!
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akdomdoes it imply they are selling these least favortie stocks?That is certainly how I would read it!
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