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take
verb- (of a male) to have sex with someone UK, 1915
- Joe smears Cathie in tomato sauce and custard before taking her from behind in a desperate, loveless manner. — Empire, September 2003
- to defeat someone UK, 1939
- [W]e’ll be better prepared next week – and I think we can take them. — The Guardian, 8 April 2005
- to successfully swindle someone UK
- — Gerald Kersh, Clean, Bright and Slightly Oiled, 1946
▶ take advantage
to seduce someone, to have sex with someone, to force sex upon someone US, 1928
Euphemistic, but often jocular.- “Nobody took advantage of me, Mother.“ “Then how did you get in this condition?” — Renni Browne and Dave King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, p. 162, 1994
- You took advantage of me, a little girl who was trusting and looked to you for protection. — Barbara Bean and Shari Bennett, The Me Nobody Knows, p. 117, 1997
▶ take apart
to absolutely defeat someone in a fight; to reprimand someone severely UK, 1984- Achilles and his stupid family will just take him apart. And this time they won’t aim for his chest. — Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Shadow, p. 39, 2002
▶ take back water
to back down on a brag or dare; to refuse a challenge CANADA
This phrase is derived from rowing.- It looked like he was going to take back water. — Journal of American Folklore, p. 343, October–December 1972: “The LaHave Island general store”
▶ take care of
to kill someone; to kill one or more, especially as an expedient solution to a problem UK, 1984- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 112, 1996
▶ take for a ride- to swindle or deceive someone US, 1925
- in a car, to take a planned victim to a convenient spot for murder US, 1927
▶ take in laundry
to wear underwear internally UK- [W]e met the Queen in Berlin once. As she was getting into her car, she was taking in a bit of laundry – y’know, she pulled her knickers out of her crack. — Drugs: An Adult Guide, p. 14, December 2001
▶ take it in the shorts
to be abused or defeated US- — Michael Dalton Johnson, Talking Trash with Redd Foxx, p. 122, 1994
▶ take it lying down
to submit tamely UK, 1961- [Deborah] Voigt, whose feistiness matches the generosity of her figure and the amplitude of her voice, has refused to take all this lying down. — The Guardian, 9 March 2004
▶ take it Nelson
to relax UK- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 112, 1996
▶ take one
to be open to bribery UK- — G.F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard, 1970
▶ take one for the team- to accept responsibility for an unpleasant task for the greater good of a group US
Originally a baseball term, used as an ex post facto explanation of a batter advancing to first base after being hit with a pitch. - — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang, p. 119, 2001
- in a social situation, to pay attention to the less attractive of a pair of friends in the hope that your friend will have success with the more attractive member of the pair US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, October 2002
▶ take stoppo
to escape UK
Based on “stoppo” (a getaway).- [T]urn over (to search), stow the gear and take stoppo as soon as possible. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 10, 1956
▶ take the biscuit
used in the context of surprise or annoyance at something which is remarkable or extraordinary UK, 1907- H compromises by getting a blue film – is that what it looks like! I suspected it looked quite silly but ça prend le biscuit. — Henry Sloane, Sloane’s Inside Guide to Sex & Drugs & Rock “n” Roll, p. 57, 1985
- That takes the chocolate digestive, that does – being accused of shooting someone with a bottle of fizzy wine. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 318, 1999
- [Y]ou Brits take the sheer shagging biscuit. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 262, 2000
▶ take the cake
used in the context of surprise or annoyance at something that is startlingly improbable US, 1900- Of all the old-fashioned, Chauvinistic, Victorian ideas ... that takes the bloody cake. — Petra Christian, The Sexploiters, p. 46, 1973
▶ take the cheese
to be considered in the most negative manner; in a figurative sense, to take the prize for being worst UK- Well I t’ought I’d be hosin’ down the lavvy tonight but this takes the cheese, says Joe scannin’ the blood an’ shit. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 155, 1997
▶ take the micky; take the mickey; take the mick; take the michael
to make fun of someone; to pull someone’s leg UK, 1935
All variations of rhyming slang MIKE BLISS; MICKY BLISSPISSTAKE THE PISSThey’re all the same them gits, sneering like. Taking the mickey out of other people all the time, like they was something special or something. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 46, 1964 So you ask Joyce and Vicky / if I ever took the mickey — Ian Dury, Billericay Dickie, 1977 Are you by any chance extracting the Michael? — Beale, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1984 You’re too young for me, for one thing–my mates have been taking the mick about that. — Mary Hooper, (megan)2, p. 163, 1999▶ take the piss; take the piss out of- to make a fool of someone; to pull someone’s leg UK, 1984
To PISS - to implement a urine test UK
A literal pun on the sense “to tease someone”. - — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 113, 1996
▶ take the ta-ta kiss; take the ta-ta
to make a fool of someone; to pull someone’s leg UK
Rhyming slang for TAKE THE PISS— Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992▶ take yourself in hand
(of a male) to masturbate UK, 1953- [H]is unsated cockstand demanded alleviation. He took himself in hand, positive that he’d achieve more pleasure on his own[.] — Cheryl Holt, Complete Abandon, p. 111, 2003
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