take one's football and go home

A form of take one's ball and go home — To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.

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Meanings

verbtake one's football and go home (third-person singular simple present takes one's football and goes home, present participle taking one's football and going home, simple past took one's football and went home, past participle taken one's football and gone home)

present singular third person takes one's football and goes home · participle present taking one's football and going home · past took one's football and went home · participle past taken one's football and gone home

  1. alternativeAlternative form of take one's ball and go home.
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APA

take one's football and go home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20one's%20football%20and%20go%20home

MLA

“take one's football and go home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20one's%20football%20and%20go%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take one's football and go home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20one's%20football%20and%20go%20home.

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