something that you say which means it is not surprising when boys or men behave in a noisy, rude, or unpleasant way.

He goes drinking on a Friday night and always ends up in a fight. Boys will be boys.

• take the wraps off
• take the wraps off something
• take the wrong way
• take time
• take time out
• take to
• take to doing something
• take to heart
• take to heels
• take to like a duck to water
• take to someone
• take to something
• take to something like a duck to water
• take to somewhere
• take to task
• take to the cleaners
• take to the cleaner's
• take to your heels
• take turns
• take turns doing something
• take umbrage
• take umbrage at
• take umbrage at something
• take under wing
• take under your wing