take one's ball and go home (English, verb)
expansion: take one's ball and go home (third-person singular simple present takes one's ball and goes home, present participle taking one's ball and going home, simple past took one's ball and went home, past participle taken one's ball and gone home)
Senses:
glosses: To cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: takes one's ball and goes home
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one's ball and going home
tags: participle
present
form: took one's ball and went home
tags: past
form: taken one's ball and gone home
tags: participle
past
form: take one's bat and ball and go home
tags: alternative
form: take one's football and go home
tags: alternative