take something off someone's hands en · VERB
Meanings
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To relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.
You've got entirely too many goodies. Would ye like me to take some of those things off yer hands? I can buy the ones ye don't need, if ye want.
1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| takes something off someone's hands | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| taking something off someone's hands | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taken something off someone's hands | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| took something off someone's hands | Tense=Past | lexicographic |