take it out on
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“I’m so very sorry that you haven’t heard anything yet. But it’s not fair to take it out on others. And these barbs you’re throwing at me, they’re not straightforward. I don’t know what to make of them, and I don’t know what’s wrong, and since I don’t know what’s wrong, I don’t know how to respond.”
From Literature
But when she got worked up about something, she tended to take it out on the rugs, floors, and furniture, and any dirt that might be harbored therein.
From Literature
“Take it out on the wood,” Owen says.
From Literature
“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
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