take someone's head off
take someone's head off · takes someone's head off · took someone's head off · taken someone's head off · taking someone's head off
To berateTo berate.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, informal)To berate.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take off, head.
Forms
takes someone's head off, taking someone's head off, took someone's head off, taken someone's head offirregular · Lesson
| Base form | take someone's head off · to take someone's head off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes someone's head off |
| Present participle | taking someone's head off |
| Past simple | took someone's head off |
| Past participle | taken someone's head off |
Tenses
take someone's head off · took someone's head off · will take someone's head off · have taken someone's head offPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | take someone's head off |
| he, she, it | takes someone's head off |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have taken someone's head off |
| he, she, it | has taken someone's head off |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will take someone's head off |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | took someone's head off |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.