take someone for all they've got

English

Verb

take 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone.
    • 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape:
      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!
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