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Take short 

To last for a small duration of time. Antonym of "take long". Logically, if something can "take long", it should also be able to "take short". "For short", "be short", and "last short" are similar.
This homework should take short.
I will only be here for short.
George said he'd be short, but he still isn't here.
Liz Truss's premiership lasted short.
Take short by Hobox March 21, 2023

take a long walk off a short pier 

Why don't you take a long walk off a short pier?

take a long walk off a short pier 

I want you to die, by falling off a pier. Hence if you take a long walk off a short peir, you will fall off the edge.

take shorts 

To take shorts is to take shortcuts...to try and make it in an industry by appealing to authority figures without first receiving respect among your peers.
We gotta walk not crawl or else take a fall /
What used to be just hopes and thoughts /
are now in effect, and we can't take shorts. (Big Daddy Kane, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now")
take shorts by dasmb June 11, 2004

Shorts taker 

Someone who “takes shorts” or sleeps with lots of guys. Used by preppy kids in New England and around the northeast.
Yeah dude she’s a shorts taker. She’s slept with Brad and Chad last weekend.” “Yeah she takes shorts”
Shorts taker by lilyd551 December 17, 2020

Take the Shortcut 

To walk in circles around your highschool to avoid going to class.
Cora: Oh shit, I've got Mrs. Crandall's class next and she's a total bitch.
Oliver: Let's take the shortcut.