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take the cake
verb
- to be great or the best.
Last edited on Jan 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 22 2010.
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take the fall
verb
- to take the blame for a misdeed.
Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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take the grenade
verb
- to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team".
- See more words with the same meaning: to help.
Last edited on Oct 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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take the heat
verb
- to take the blame for something, in order to divert it from someone else.
Citation from "Forget Me Now", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 3 Episode 3 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 02 2010.
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take the kids to the pool
verb
- to defecate.
I need to take the kids to the pool.
Last edited on Jan 09 2002. Submitted by TRICIA M. from Stevens Point, WI, USA on Jan 09 2002.
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take the Michael
verb
- to mock, to make fun of. Origin: lengthening of 'take the mickey'
I wish you kids weren't always taking the Michael out of one another!
Last edited on Feb 13 2006. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.
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take the Mickey
verb
- to mock, make fun of. Origin: Cockney rhyming slang 'take the Mickey Bliss', meaning 'take the piss'
Stop taking the mickey!
Last edited on Feb 13 2006. Submitted by Robbie G. from Stroud, Hampshire, UK on Feb 13 2006.
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take the piss 
verb - intransitive
- to mock, make fun of, kid. Origin: British.
Are you taking the piss?
Citation from "Episode 1", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
- See more words with the same meaning: to joke, kid, or jest.
Last edited on Jan 13 2012. Submitted by Michael David from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Dec 14 1996.
- Also: take the piss out of, to aggravate someone on purpose.
You're taking the piss out of me!
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on Aug 03 2010. Submitted by Stephen Judd on Nov 12 1997.
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take the plunge
verb
- to do something that carries risk, such as getting married or moving in together.
Citation from "Stan Knows Best", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2005) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 03 2011.
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take the rap
verb
- to accept blame.
Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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