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take a piece out of

take a piece out of somebody

  (Australian informal)
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong Jill just took a piece out of Ben for being late again.
See a piece of the action, say piece
See also: of, out, piece, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wigburg-Ancient Germanic
Ian[iən]
Laurentinus-Ancient Roman
Sofiazo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
ZvjezdanaZVYEZ-dah-nahCroatian
BetjeBET-yəDutch, Limburgish
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