take it outside

verb

To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.

“If you want a piece of me, let's take it outside!”

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Meanings

verbtake it outside (third-person singular simple present takes it outside, present participle taking it outside, simple past took it outside, past participle taken it outside)

present singular third person takes it outside · participle present taking it outside · past took it outside · participle past taken it outside

  1. idiomaticinformalTo move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.

    If you want a piece of me, let's take it outside!

    1 more example

    At one point, the interplay between Lieberman and Dean was so pointed that a moderator jokingly asked the two "to take it outside."

    2004 January 5, Brian Knowlton, “Dean and Lieberman tangle during debate in Iowa”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2015
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APA

take it outside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20outside

MLA

“take it outside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20outside. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take it outside,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20outside.

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