Results for “take the fall”

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take a fall
verb

To be arrested or convicted, esp. in another's place.

#prison#criminal#arrest#betrayal
take flight
phrase

Throw hands first, ask questions never.

#prison#fighting#jail#inmate
take in front
phrase

To act first before trouble reaches you

#caribbean#patois#phrase#strategy
take him off the dribble
phrase

To beat a defender by dribbling past him

#sports#offense#dribbling
take the mickey
verb

To mock or tease; 'take the mick'.

#cockney#london#british#rhyming
take your show on the road
phrase

To get in trouble and be shipped to another prison.

#prison#criminal#transfer#conflict
take for a ride
verb

To drive someone to a remote spot to murder them.

#prison#criminal#murder#historical
take a powder
verb

To leave suddenly; to flee or disappear.

#prison#criminal#escape#flee
take this offline
verb

To move a discussion out of the current meeting.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
take it to the next level
phrase

To significantly improve something.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
Take a knee
phrase

Stop and rest (on one knee); pause.

#military#army#rest#movement
take-off
noun

The critical moment of catching a wave and dropping in.

#skater#surf#technique#basics
take the L
phrase

To accept a loss or defeat

#american#regional#loss#defeat
Take A Chill Pill
phrase

A snappy way to tell someone to calm down and stop overreacting.

#80s#american#pop
fall guy
noun

One who takes the blame to shield the real culprits.

#prison#criminal#con#victim
retake
noun

Taking back a bombsite the enemy already grabbed and planted on.

#csgo#valorant#fps#tactical
stake
verb, noun

Gambling items or gold against another player in a duel.

#osrs#gambling#duel#pvp
hot take
noun

A short, deliberately provocative opinion fired off for reaction.

#twitter#discourse#opinion
spicy take
noun

A hot take with extra hot sauce — flagged in advance as controversial.

#twitter#discourse#opinion
L take
noun

An opinion so bad it's a loss the moment it's posted.

#twitter#discourse#opinion#dunk
Catch a falling knife
phrase

Try to buy an asset mid-plunge and hope you don't get sliced.

#finance#wall-street#trading#risk
DMCA takedown
noun

Legal notice creators file to scrub leaked content off pirate sites.

#sex-work#onlyfans#creator#legal
waterfall bong
noun

A gravity bong that drains water to draw smoke.

#weed#cannabis#420#gear
stakeholder
noun

Anyone affected by or invested in a project.

#corporate#office#work#project-management
table stakes
noun

The bare minimum needed to compete.

#corporate#office#work#strategy
put a stake in the ground
phrase

To make a firm initial decision to build from.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
catching a falling knife
phrase

Buying an asset while it is still dropping sharply.

#finance#stocks#wsb#risk
falling knife
noun

A stock in a sharp, rapid price decline.

#finance#stocks#wsb#risk
Great Mistakes
noun

Sailors' nickname for the Great Lakes boot camp.

#military#army#navy#training
over the falls
phrase

Getting sucked up and pitched with the wave's lip as it breaks.

#skater#surf#crash#barrel
Fall My Hand
phrase

"Don't let me down" or "don't embarrass me."

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
patsy
noun

A person set up to take the blame; a fall guy or dupe.

#prison#criminal#con#victim
no kit
phrase

Defusing the bomb without a defuse kit, which takes longer.

#cs2#defuse#clutch#fps
super minion
noun

Beefy reinforcement minion that spawns after an inhibitor falls.

#league of legends#moba#minions#objectives
TTK
noun

Time to kill — how long it takes to drop a target.

#mmo#fps#dps
vuln stack
noun

A vulnerability debuff that makes you take more damage the more it stacks.

#ffxiv#debuff#mechanics
roulette
noun

Queue for a random instance and take whatever the game throws at you.

#ffxiv#queue#daily#mmo
yeetus
noun

Fall Guys' giant spinning hammer that launches beans across the map.

#fall guys#battle royale#obstacle
slime climb
noun

The Fall Guys obstacle round you scramble up while elimination slime rises beneath you.

#fall guys#battle royale#obstacle#survival
qualify
verb

Surviving a Fall Guys round to advance to the next one.

#fall guys#battle royale#round