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take no prisoners

To be uncompromising.
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It’s a rare thing to see a movie about science that takes no prisoners intellectually.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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take no prisonersUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see take,‎ prisoner.
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கைதிகள் இல்லை

не брати в'язнів

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