take someone for all they've got

verb

To totally deplete something from someone.

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Meanings

verbtake someone for all they've got (third-person singular simple present takes someone for all they've got, present participle taking someone for all they've got, simple past took someone for all they've got, past participle taken someone for all they've got)

present singular third person takes someone for all they've got · participle present taking someone for all they've got · past took someone for all they've got · participle past taken someone for all they've got

  1. idiomaticTo totally deplete something from someone.

    YANK:[…] And if I can't find her I'll take it out on de gang she runs wit. I'm wise to where dey hangs out now. I'll show her who belongs! I'll show her who's in de move and who ain't. You watch my smoke! VOICES:Dat's de talkin'! Take her for all she's got!

    1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape
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APA

take someone for all they've got. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20someone%20for%20all%20they've%20got

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take someone for all they've got,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20someone%20for%20all%20they've%20got.

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