to take out the trash
31
1.3
- phrasal verb
- US
:
sacar la basura
- It's time to take out the trash before the garbage truck arrives.
- take out the trash and clean
- take out the trash in the morning
- taking out the trash and mowing
Thanks to Lomi, you have to take out the trash far less frequently.
- Thanks to Lomi, you have to take out the trash far less frequently.
- Maybe you aren't looking hard enough because you did tell me that they took out the trash last week.
- You are so not grateful and they may be giving you this speech just in response to you asking them to take out the trash.
- All right folks, it's time to take out the trash and talk about it.
- a better mother, better father, a better wife, a better husband, All those things you're gonna wanna take out the trash.
Examples
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And don't forget to take out the trash.
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Yo, Lonny, how come you never take out the trash?
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It's time to take out the trash.
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I was just taking out the trash.
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"Did you take out the trash?" they would ask.
Fiction book (1995) -
Make sure you take out that trash within 3 days.
Blog text (4) -
I'm gonna take out the trash, do you need anything before I go?
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As a child, I cleaned my room, washed dishes, and took out the trash.
Academic text (1991) -
Terry volunteered to take out the trash.
Fiction book (1998) -
It doesn't take ten minutes to take out the trash.
Synonyms
477
1.8
To get rid of something you do not want, for example by putting it in the bin
202
1.8
To put something in the trash because you do not want it
149
3.4
Get rid of something by throwing it away, selling it, or giving it to someone
39
2.7
To throw away things you do not want
5
2.0
To throw something away because you no longer want or need it
1
3.7
To throw away things you do not want
Antonyms
How Much
91
3.1
8
3.4
- US
31
1.3
202
1.8
348
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to remove garbage to an outside place' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'take' (remove) with 'out' (away/outside) and 'trash' (rubbish). This verb + particle + noun composition is a common, compositional pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Take out the trash comes from the simple picture of carrying trash from inside the house and putting it out in a bin. So, take out means moving something outside, and the whole phrase means 'to remove garbage'.