Word info

take no prisoners

Speech parts

1. take no prisoners - Adjective

2. take no prisoners - Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To be uncompromising.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ prisoner.

take-no-prisoners (not comparable)

ruthlessly aggressive and uncompromising

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

take-no-prisoners

Examples

I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff. Robert Orben

You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army and I take no prisoners. The rest of my life is an experiment in chaos so I like to keep my flat neat. Ryan Adams

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise. Mary Frances Berry

A smart, dark, and take-no-prisoners look at rape culture and the extremes to which ideology can go is a campus novel like no other. Source: Internet

When an elderly hotelier of a famed establishment is found murdered, suddenly Dupin’s instincts awaken and he reverts to his dogged, take-no-prisoners personality. Source: Internet

In Naked, Sedaris turns the current mania for the memoir on its proverbial ear, mining the exceedingly rich terrain of his life, his family, and his unique worldview, a sensibility at once take-no-prisoners sharp and deeply charitable. Source: Internet

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