| 单词 | to take it out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take it out c. colloquial (chiefly Australian). to take it out: to accept a punishment, esp. by spending time in prison. Also with in, specifying the form of punishment. ΚΠ 1838 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 1 Sept. 3 James Smith was fined 5s. for being drunk, and not paying, he was ordered to take it out in wood [i.e. to be put in the stocks]. 1888 Bungendore Mirror 27 June 2 A woman was awarded a month's jail for obtaining goods under false pretences... She goes to Goulburn to ‘take it out’. 1908 Amador (Calif.) Ledger 21 Aug. 5/4 Both pleaded guilty, and were fined $20 each or 20 days in jail. They are both taking it out in jail. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xvi. 176 George Benson told her briefly he would see her husband had a lawyer. He would probably get a month at the most and he'd better ‘take it out’. 1965 E. C. Fry Tom Barker & I.W.W. 16 We wouldn't pay fines on principle; we always took it out in the nick. < as lemmas |
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