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Meanings of take poison in English

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Usage of take poison in English
1
Begins to despair, and goes to take poison, but the bottle breaks.
The new yorker
2
I would, if in your state of health, about as leave take poison.
Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
3
Get me my child, or I'll take poison before your eyes!
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
They shoot themselves or take poison, which shows a certain consideration for other people.
South Wind
5
Everybody whom the chief thought might have done the witchcraft would have to take poison.
White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calab...
6
How could one man compel another to take poison?
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
7
I should perish- Ishouldthrow myself out of window- Ishouldtake poison-Ishould pine and die.
Vanity Fair
8
I feel as though I ought to choke or take poison, or something of that sort.
A Honeymoon in Space
9
And forced him to take poison?' he snapped.
Sovereign
10
I would liever take poison, and die.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 / A Magazi...
11
He may take poison, as is usually the case, and this is called "swallowing gold."
The Civilization of China
12
She managed somehow to take poison.
The Teeth of the Tiger
13
After letting her call me Bella, and him-Jim ,ifMr. Harbison ever learns the truth-I-Iwill take poison.
When a Man Marries
14
I ought to take poison, or get run over or something, and I know very well I shan't.
A Lost Leader
15
Occasionally two men who have quarrelled will take poison together, and their spirits will fight it out in heaven.
An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ...
16
I should take poison first.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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