Browsing page 8 of "T" words

• the ability to take an object back after giving it to someone. Usually used to specify that take-backs aren't allowed.

  No take-backs!

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb - intransitive

• To abandon an opinion or attitude after being confronted with opposition or disagreement.
  
  "The commissioner took backwater a day later, when several angry constituents appeared at the public meeting."

  Last edited on Aug 09 2011. Submitted by Anonymous from Eastern, KY 41640, USA on Aug 09 2011.

verb - transitive

• to decrease.

                                                                                                
  
  Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                
  
                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Chapter 4", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to decrease, reduce.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011.

• to decrease a person's self-image.

  Your criticism took him down a notch.

  Last edited on Jun 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011.

verb

• male masturbation.

  He hadn't been laid for quite some time so he took Ed for a walk.

  Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by robert j. from Bellingham, WA, USA on Feb 07 2002.

verb

• to rest or take a break for a short amount of time. Though the term's name suggests five minutes, "taking five" does not always imply that the break is exactly five minutes long.

                                                                                                       
  
  Citation from "Weekends At Mort's", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                           
  
  Citation from "Episode 5", Whites (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                       
  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Of Ice and Men", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2006) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

verb - transitive

• to swindle.

  Last edited on Sep 14 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

verb

• to take a ride in or on a motor vehicle, for fun.

  Let's take this baby for a spin!

  Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2011.

• to "test drive" a motor vehicle.

                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Trading Place", Family Guy (TV), Season 9 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2011.

• to try something out for the first time.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair", Family Guy (TV), Season 9 Episode 12 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 31 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 31 2011.