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Meanings of take a chainsaw in English

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Usage of take a chainsaw in English
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We've already seen Rand Paul take a chainsaw to the tax code on Snapchat.
Wired
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The man who delivered the firewood for the stoves had threatened to take a chainsaw to the spruce trees.
The Irish Times
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It was his own fault-youcan't just take a chainsaw to everything that happens to drip goop all over your sports car!
Fiendish deeds
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They take a chainsaw to some of their recent movies, and manfully admit that Your Highness was offal and The Guilt Trip an abortion.
The Guardian
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It's not often you see artists taking a chainsaw to their work of art.
BBC
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Latina took a chainsaw to his peach trees, only for the chain to break.
The Guardian
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Anyone taking a chainsaw to some venerable old specimen tree would surely encounter howls of protest.
The Irish Times
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Take a chainsaw to the deciduous hedges that have crept beyond their reach, to revitalise the ground underneath.
The Guardian
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Ryan may have agreed to head up the effort to pass his radical budget plan, which takes a chainsaw to federal government spending.
Reuters
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One of the rescue divers then took a chainsaw and started cutting the entry, exit and security holes into the 15 cm thick ice.
Reuters
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In a 2003 stunt now tinged with irony, federal agencies took a chainsaw to 9,000 pages of banking regulations.
The Guardian
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And if I had to watch Major Reid trying to crawl up his ass one more time, I might have taken a chainsaw to him.
Jacinto's Remnant
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