take no prisoners
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See also: take-no-prisoners
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Implying that one kills all one's enemies instead of capturing them.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
take no prisoners (third-person singular simple present takes no prisoners, present participle taking no prisoners, simple past took no prisoners, past participle taken no prisoners)
- (idiomatic) To be uncompromising.
- 2015 January 21, “Ex Machina: Quest to create an AI takes no prisoners”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], New Scientist:
- It’s a rare thing to see a movie about science that takes no prisoners intellectually.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, prisoner.
Translations[edit]
to be uncompromising
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