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take it outside en · VERB
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(idiomatic, informal) To move to a location outside the current location, in order to escalate an altercation or fight.
At one point, the interplay between Lieberman and Dean was so pointed that a moderator jokingly asked the two "to take it outside."
2004 January 5, Brian Knowlton, “Dean and Lieberman tangle during debate in Iowa”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Sep 2015:If you want a piece of me, let's take it outside!
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