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taking the mickey

Derived from Cockney Rhyhming Slang - Taking the Mickey Bliss - piss

A very British way to ask if someone is taking the piss - ie making fun of you.
Trudy - I love your new trousers!

Judy - Are you taking the mickey?
by Dave Robertshaw October 15, 2008
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take a 6

essentially, to bitch out. derived from a game of miniature golf where the max score per hole is 6, this is a more discrete way of saying that you're going to pass.
im going to have to take a 6...

not feeling up to it guys...ill take a 6...
by css2010 June 4, 2010
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Take a stab at it

phrase used as a substitute for "take a chance."
Claire: "Anybady else wanna take a stab at it?"
Chris: "Oh noooo. I don't like stabs."
Claire: "Puhlease. It's not often anybody takes stabs these dayss.
*lighting spontaneously strikes Claire*
Claire: "OOOOO THAT WAS A NICE STAB. Gave ma shiverss. And chillsss.
by MrStabs March 28, 2011
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take on the team

to suck the dick of, eat out, or have sex with every member of a sports team.
Don't touch that skank ho, man, the Dallas Cowboys were in town last night and she "took on the team".
by Nick D February 23, 2003
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take heat

To take the blame, to get the punishment for something.
Timmy: Hey, whats the answer for number 4?
Teacher: Jimmy! No talking!
Jimmy: Srry
by Kiwi Pomerleau June 3, 2004
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Take it on the run

Made popular by the song of the same name as most popularized by the band called REO Speedwagon in the 1980's era, take on the run means to run away, usually from a bad or uncomfortable situation.

It may also now refer to taking a food order to go, aka running with it.
He suspects that you're cheating, so like a coward instead of confronting the situation you leave town and take it on the run.

I don't have time to sit down and eat. I'll just take it on the run.
by TottPaula March 7, 2020
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take a left

to leave where you are at the moment to go somewhere else, i.e. to leave
jane and sue are at a boring party and jane wants to go so jane says to sue, "I think its time to take a left".
Translation:let's leave
by Nikell V. Johnson January 17, 2008
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