take out the trash

verb

Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash.

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Meanings

verbtake out the trash (third-person singular simple present takes out the trash, present participle taking out the trash, simple past took out the trash, past participle taken out the trash)

present singular third person takes out the trash · participle present taking out the trash · past took out the trash · participle past taken out the trash

  1. Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash.
  2. idiomaticTo forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
  3. idiomaticTo announce something, hoping it will not get much publicity, at a time when it is not likely to be noticed by the news media, for instance on election day or late on Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend.

Translations

Finnish viedä roskat
  • viedä roskatused other than figuratively or idiomatically
French sortir les poubelles, sortir la poubelle
  • sortir les poubellesused other than figuratively or idiomatically
  • sortir la poubelleused other than figuratively or idiomatically
Polish wyrzucać śmieci, wyrzucić śmieci
  • wyrzucać śmieciused other than figuratively or idiomatically
  • wyrzucić śmieciused other than figuratively or idiomatically
Spanish sacar la basura
  • sacar la basuraused other than figuratively or idiomatically
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APA

take out the trash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20trash

MLA

“take out the trash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20trash. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take out the trash,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20trash.

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