taken short

If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.

He was taken short, in the middle of the night on the camping trip.

by Totoro ki November 3, 2020

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.

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?

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.

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")

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”

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.

by SquidyKitty June 18, 2015