Sentence examples for able to take someone from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Take someone to the woodshed.

If someone is taken to the woodshed, they are punished for something they have done.

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And being in New York and not being able to take someone getting on you is bad.

"We would love to be able to take someone on ourselves and train them but we have to earn a living and if people don't pay us to train someone up we can't do it.

They are able to take someone higher and bring out the leader in everyone.

Being able to take someone down and relieve them of their weapon is a valuable skill when things get tight, but it still doesn't make up for good planning, smarts, and speed.

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The details of how Mr. Thompson, who has served time for attempted murder, was able to take on someone else's identity were not immediately clear.

"It is absolutely absurd that a firm should be able to take away someone's possessions without any due legal process.

Want to take someone down a notch?

Get someone able to take quality pictures of you.

I could only imagine the parts of yourself you'd have to shut down to be able to take a hacksaw to someone you were fond of".

In the end, I knew modeling myself after him would be a mistake, but there was something about his pride at being able to take one glance at someone and tell immediately if what they were wearing designer or not that I liked, but I wasn't sure how to make that learned skill my own.

That's the problem with mandatory minimums -- a judge isn't able to take into account the reasons someone commits a crime.

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