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 

To fuck off/shut up.

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

take a long walk off a short pier by mite74 January 5, 2009

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 a long walk off a short pier.

take a long walk off a short pier by sprkim182 November 15, 2007

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

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.

Take the Shortcut by SquidyKitty June 18, 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.

take it in the shorts by andyfrank December 7, 2015

take it in the shorts 

A euphemism for "take it in the ass."

He was the one who ran that project that the temps screwed up, so now he's the one who has to take it in the shorts.

take it in the shorts by nozupe4u August 15, 2010