take the bread out of someone's mouth

English

Verb

take the bread out of someone's mouth (third-person singular simple present takes the bread out of someone's mouth, present participle taking the bread out of someone's mouth, simple past took the bread out of someone's mouth, past participle taken the bread out of someone's mouth)

  1. (idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living.
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