take out the trash
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[edit]Verb
[edit]take 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)
- Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take out, trash.
- (idiomatic) To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
- (idiomatic) To 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.