Take an axe to In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "take an axe to", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-07-15 03:07

Meaning of Take an axe to

Synonyms:

kill (something) stone dead

Take an axe to phrase

To cause great damage or try to cause great damage to something, typically refers to intangible things.

 

 

You have taken an axe to my hopes of a happy marriage.

You can't stop worrying from now on, as we have taken an axe to all evidence.

Harboured a grudge against them, she has taken an axe to everything they had built up together.

Other phrases about:

put paid to something

To put an end to something

fall like dominoes

1. Fall in a sequence

2. Be damaged, destroyed or defeated quickly and sequentially

disaster of epic proportions

A terrible disaster or a catastrophe

go under the wrecking ball

If something "goes under the wrecking ball", it is destroyed or demolished.

drive a coach and horses through something

To destroy an argument, a rule, law, belief or plan; to make something ineffective

Grammar and Usage of Take an axe to

Verb Forms

  • taken an axe to
  • taking an axe to

The verb "take" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Take an axe to

The origin of this phrase is not clear.
 

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