taken with a grain of salt

to not be entirely trusted, to be skeptical of something

idiomatic expression Americans use

taken with a grain of salt-

to consider something to be not completely true or right

I've read the article, which I take with a grain of salt.

Related vocabulary: hard to swallow

by rach131 March 12, 2015

Take a break, that's all there is for now

when you have approved or disapproved all new entries on Urban Dictionary

"Take a break, that's all there is for now"

by Scots April 3, 2015

take it in the shorts

taking it in the ass, financially.

His broker made a fuckton of shady investments, now he's going to take it in the shorts.

by andyfrank December 7, 2015

take a larry

Take a larry is a slang term used for turning left in Canada.'

Can be said as "Taking a larry" or "Take a larry"

Driver: "Do I turn up here?"
Passenger: "Yeah, take a larry ."

by UrbanDictonaryKappa May 28, 2016

Take-a-step-back policy

When you're on the verge of a mental break-down and need to be reminded that there are an infinite amount of possibilities that you just lost track of, you need to take a step back

-Gurl, idk what to do next, I'm running into a wall
-Have you used the Take-a-step-back policy yet? There are so many ways you can go instead right into the wall!

by aranja February 12, 2021

shit-take song

When a radio DJ plays a longer song than usual, it's often because he has to take a shit, and wants to ensure the song doesn't end while he's still in the John.

Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" is a very popular shit-take song with DJs.

by Alex Stockwell July 5, 2014

Turkish Takeoff

When you pull the fire alarm and leave with a stranger.

"Yo, wanna dip?"
"Sure, lemme just pull this first"
"Nice, the ol' Turkish Takeoff"

by Utnanacorn April 24, 2018