take one's half out of the middle (English, verb)
expansion: take one's half out of the middle (third-person singular simple present takes one's half out of the middle, present participle taking one's half out of the middle, simple past took one's half out of the middle, past participle taken one's half out of the middle)
Senses:
glosses: To take the portion of something to which one is entitled, but in such a way that it shortchanges others.
Forms:
form: takes one's half out of the middle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one's half out of the middle
tags: participle
present
form: took one's half out of the middle
tags: past
form: taken one's half out of the middle
tags: participle
past