abduct (someone) from
abduct (someone) from
To kidnap. Someone abducted that little girl from her parents' home in the middle of the night. I hope the dog wasn't abducted from our yard.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
abduct someone from someone or something
to take away or kidnap a person from someone or from a particular place, usually in secret. The thugs abducted the child from her mother.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- abduct
- abduct from
- hold (someone) for ransom
- hold for ransom
- Give an inch and he'll take a mile
- give (someone or something) the run of (some place)
- have the run of (some place)
- feel (one's) oats
- feel oats
- feel one's oats