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to take the bread out of one's mouth
to take the bread out of one's mouth
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to deprive people of their most basic means of living, particularly via unfair mathods
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Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Exemplos
The decision to ban street vendors took the bread out of the mouths of many people.
The company's sudden decision to downsize took the bread out of many employees' mouths, leaving them unemployed and struggling to find new jobs.
