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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Took out
Consider the following sentence:
"The police took out a group of terrorists."
Does 'took out' mean 'captured'?
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Christine Christie Does 'took out' mean 'captured'? No. It means they killed them.
- Christine Christie Does 'took out' mean 'captured'?
- No.
- It means they killed them.
- That is a slangy, offhand way of saying it, inappropriate for serious discourse, and that is indeed a serious matter.
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Christine ChristieDoes 'took out' mean 'captured'?
No. It means they killed them. That is a slangy, offhand way of saying it, inappropriate for serious discourse, and that is indeed a serious matter.
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