take it out on
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“If voters had intended to take it out on the party as a whole, the results would have looked quite different.”
From Los Angeles Times
Take it out on Tesla by boycotting the company.
From Slate
“We all have bad days and stress, and it was wrong for me to take it out on an officer who’s simply doing his job,” she said.
From Seattle Times
“They were not measured, and whatever I might feel, I don’t have the right to take it out on anybody else. But unfortunately, I lost control.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I am truly sorry that this got out of hand, and I regret making statements like that, because I said them in the heat of the moment. They were not measured, and whatever I might feel, I don’t have the right to take it out on anybody else. But unfortunately, I lost control.”
From Los Angeles Times
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