Idiom
take out the trash
Meaning
To forcefully remove undesirable people from a place.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The manager had to take out the trash and fire the lazy employees.”
“The new team leader decided to take out the trash by removing the staff members who were constantly causing problems.”
“After years of corruption within the department, the director finally took out the trash to restore order and professional standards.”
Examples
simple
“The manager had to take out the trash and fire the lazy employees.”
contextual
“The new team leader decided to take out the trash by removing the staff members who were constantly causing problems.”
complex
“After years of corruption within the department, the director finally took out the trash to restore order and professional standards.”
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