lui tolse

removed, took off

ˈt ɔ l . s e → togliere
tol remove; take away + se 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #39,717
removed, took off Past historic form of “togliere.”
IT: Tolse il cappotto e uscì.
EN: He took off his coat and went out.
Conjugation of togliere
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third tolse —

Mi tolse gentilmente lo stiletto dal mio cuore.

He gently removed the stiletto from my heart.

— Rashomon (1950)

Tom tolse il calendario dal muro.

Tom took the calendar off the wall.

Così sua madre tolse i fiori dalla stanza.

So her mother removed the flowers from the room.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Al sesto inning, se le tolse e giocò il resto della partita con i calzini.

In the sixth inning, he took them off and played the rest of the game in his socks.

— L'uomo dei sogni (1989)

Tom tolse l'amo dalla bocca del pesce.

Tom removed the hook from the fish's mouth.