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take someone to the grave	To kill someone; to cause someone's death.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Take Someone under Your Wing	Helping or assisting someone	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take someone's head off	To berate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take someone's point	To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take someone's point	To agree with what a person says; to understand a person's argument and be persuaded by it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take someone's word for it	To believe what someone claims.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take something as read	to assume that everyone agrees that something is correct	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take something in one's stride	Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take something in stride	To cope with something without much effort; to accept or manage something well.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take something to the grave	To never reveal a secret to one's death.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the bait	To accept something offered, especially secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the biscuit	To be of no further use; to be near death.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the biscuit	To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Take the Bitter with the Sweet	Accepting bad things along with the good ones	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the Browns to the Super Bowl	To defecate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the bull by the horns	To confront a difficulty, rather than avoiding it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Take the Cake	Deserving the best prize or highest award	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the cake	To be especially good or outstanding.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the cake	To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the cash and let the credit go	Exploit and enjoy the opportunities and pleasures available here and now and do not invest effort pursuing prospective future gratifications.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the count	To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the count	To lose or fail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the count	To be knocked out.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the cure	To enter into a rehabilitation program.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the fall	To assume blame for oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the field	To go out onto the playing field.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the fifth	To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the flak	To be strongly criticised.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the game to	To use attacking tactics against.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the heat	To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the law into one's own hands	To punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the lead	To assume leadership over a group.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the michael	Alternative form of take the mickey, usually considered more polite.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the mick	Alternative form of take the mickey.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the mickey	To ridicule or mock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the offensive	To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the pee	To mock; to make fun of.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the piss	Are you takin' the piss? You'll get yer 'ead bashed in.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the piss	Everyone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the piss	To ridicule or mock.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the plunge	Launch into the fray, take the important move with confidence, begin the trek.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the plunge	To get engaged.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the point	To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the point	To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument and point of view.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the rap	To be blamed or punished for something, especially for the actions of another.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the red pill	To understand the world in its previously unknown reality.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the reins	To assume charge over.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the stand	To testify as a witness in a trial.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the veil	To retire into a convent and live as a nun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the wheel	To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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